Fashion Theories
All my friends know that I have been, in my youth, an ardent passionate of Roberto Cavalli’s creations. He was my everything in terms of party dresses because he perfectly knew how to create unforgettable looks playing with the most exquisite silk fabrics and colours. I recall an interview of him with beautiful Jo Squillo…
It’s time to turn our attention to autumn collections and to the occasions that will punctuate our return to the city, back to work, end-of-season ceremonies, and the reopening of theaters’ opera and drama seasons. All of this is absolutely thrilling, and we have one purpose: to keep shining. As the saying often goes, “summer…
There is certainly something to know about fashion lovers’ August state of mind: notwithstanding the sadness of summer ending, we cannot wait to discover Oscar de la Renta Pre-Fall Collection. More than the well-known feeling of rushing to shop the best pieces of the season, it is much more about an addictive mood that has…
We are almost a week past the halftime show of the football World Cup final, and we are still processing the sparkles of Shakira’s and Madonna’s outfits. Shakira wore an outstanding costume made by Fausto Puglisi for Roberto Cavalli. Evoking a Californian sunset palette: the perfect pink and the most energizing yellow covered up with…
The setting for Matthieu Blazy’s show for Chanel in the historic Grand Palais borrows from the fairy tale of Alice in Wonderland a scaled‑down position of the human being in relation to nature. The models walk beside long stalks and beneath the corollas of gigantic flowers. Compared to the atmosphere of Dior’s défilé, here the…
From 6 to 9 July, Paris became the stage for the Autumn‑Winter 2026–2027 Haute Couture collections. Two shows stand out, suspend the temporality of criticism, and unappealably renew the contemporary aesthetic canon. They are linked to two emblematic figures on today’s scene: Jonathan Anderson and Matthieu Blazy. For Dior, Jonathan Anderson translates the language of…
Royal Ascot exerts such a fascination on our imagination that it becomes the ultimate source of inspiration whenever we ourselves are called upon to wear a hat. My suggestion is not to miss any opportunity to do so. A hat is the accessory that completes an outfit, in ways that are varied and deeply engaging…
“Hats at the Ready!” This is how Royal Ascot introduces the official announcement of the most renowned horse racing event in the world, held each year, more or less in mid-June, at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire. The race was conceived by Queen Anne of Great Britain in 1711. Top hats became a symbol of distinction…
In the headlong rush towards the future that is so typical of fashion lovers, we often find ourselves thinking that, to be truly branchée, we need to take inspiration for summer from the upcoming Autumn–Winter shows, and, by a kind of magical retroactive effect, designers have learned to preserve a hint of summer in their…
