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Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

The London-based Robert Wun couturier reflects on his legacy as the first Hong Kong-born designer to debut at Paris Couture Week. Photo: Handout

Robert Wun, in his own words: from Hong Kong to the Met Gala

The London-based couturier reflects on his legacy as the first Hong Kong-born designer to debut at Paris Couture Week

Paris Haute Couture Week 2024, day 2: Chanel and Armani Privé

Paris Haute Couture Week 2024, day 1: Schiaparelli and Dior

How to get Monaco royal Charlotte Casiraghi’s Chanel show look

The royal’s timeless tweed suit turned heads at Chanel’s runway – showing she has the fashion instincts of her mother Princess Caroline and grandmother Grace Kelly

Casiraghi wore a typically understated yet youthful look for the Chanel Haute Couture autumn/winter 2023-24 show at Paris Fashion Week in July. Photo: Getty Images

The bows are back in town: brands and stars celebrate feminine fashion

The bow is making a huge comeback in fashion in 2023 – seen in looks from big designer houses like Viktor & Rolf and Chanel, and on social media, and embraced by singers, models and princesses alike.

Meet the designers pioneering Saudi Arabia’s fashion revolution

As Mohammed Ashi becomes the first Saudi Arabian designer at Paris Fashion Week, calling it the ‘peak’ of his career, excitement for the kingdom’s booming fashion industry is palpable

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Style’s 5 top moments from Paris Haute Couture week, from Chanel to Schiaparelli

We were amazed by the sheer amount of stunning looks unveiled in Paris this week – here’s our editor’s top moments from the City of Love, from Chanel to Schiaparelli, and more ...

Models present creations by designer Pierpaolo Piccioli as part of his haute couture autumn/winter 2023-2024 collection show for fashion house Valentino at the Chateau de Chantilly near Paris, France, on July 5. Photo: Reuters

Paris Haute Couture Week last day round up: Fendi, Imane Ayissi and Repossi

On the last day of Haute Couture Week, Chloé confirmed its creative director Gabriela Hearst would be leaving, and Kim Jones once more defied traditional couture boundaries at Fendi

Paris Haute Couture Week day 3 round up: Elie Saad to Yuima Nakazato

From the established mastery of Lebanese designer Elie Saab, to up-and-coming Japanese designer Yuima Nakazato, day 3 of Paris’ Haute Couture Week didn’t disappoint

Paris Haute Couture Week day 2 round up: Chanel, Giorgio Armani and more

Chanel staged an ode to Parisian elegance, Alexis Mabille sent his models down the runway with champagne coupes and Stéphane Rolland’s creations struck a bold and poetic note

French model and music producer Caroline de Maigret (L) and models present creations by Chanel during the women’s haute-couture autumn/winter 2023/2024 show at Paris Fashion Week on July 4. Photo: AFP

Paris Haute Couture Week day 1 round up: from riots to Daniel Roseberry

Dior brings ethereal goddesses and silver threads to Paris couture, while Iris van Herpen created a futuristic underwater universe

Classical, ethereal, inspired: Christian Dior’s Haute Couture autumn/winter 2023-2024 collection delighted onlookers in Paris on Monday. Photo: AP

Meet Robert Wun, the first Hong Kong designer at Paris Haute Couture Week

You’ve probably seen Hong Kong-born Robert Wun’s designs donned by Blackpink’s Lisa, Lizzo, and Celine Dion, but what do you know about his inspirational rise to fashion stardom?

Luxury fashion’s worst-kept secret and the fear of a ‘Made in India’ tag

Many haute couture houses – luxury fashion’s pinnacle – source textiles from India, yet their pieces won’t acknowledge the fact. Some Indian designers are taking to Paris runways themselves.

Paris Fashion Week: Givenchy’s SS23 show portrayed grunge galore in the rain

For Givenchy’s SS23 show, designer Matthew Williams wheeled out grunge galore, although not everyone was on-board with some of the clashing styles

Models wear creations for the Givenchy ready-to-wear spring/summer 2023 fashion collection presented on October 2, at Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Invision/AP

Paris Fashion Week: Valentino’s SS23 show flaunted bold glitz and glamour

For Valentino’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented on October 2 at Paris Fashion Week, Pier Paolo Piccioli looked to glitzy outfits with unique cut-outs

Models wear creations for the Valentino ready-to-wear spring/summer 2023 fashion collection presented on October 2, in Paris. Photo: Invision/AP

How to get Bella Hadid’s retro-chic Paris Fashion Week look

The supermodel showed up to Paris Couture Week late, passport-less in retro streetwear – and was still the talk of the town

Inside Elie Saab’s gender-bending haute couture show at Paris Fashion Week

The fashion maison may be known for its feminine style, but both male and female customers covet the show-stopping looks – this is the first time that’s been reflected on the runway

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Olivier Rousteing’s haute couture homage to Jean Paul Gaultier in Paris

Kim Kardashian referenced Madonna’s famous 1992 look with daughter North West playing Jean Paul Gaultier himself as the pair attended the runway show at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

Models walked looks featuring fake pregnancies paired with an homage to classic Gaultier bustiers as part of Oliver Rousteing’s one-off for Jean Paul Gaultier at the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, presented on July 6. Photo: AP Photo

How Fendi did East-West fusion right at Paris Fashion Week

Designer Kim Jones symbolically ‘stepped away from Rome’ by embracing Japanese touches and style – but it was tastefully and sophistically done, for one

Giorgio Armani’s art deco-inspired collection at Paris Haute Couture Week

An impressive 92 different looks paraded down the catwalk at Giorgio Armani’s haute couture autumn/winter 2022-2023 show – evoking 1930s art deco with lashings of sparkle

Virginie Viard’s dreamy vision for Chanel at Paris Haute Couture Week 2022

Celebrity guests marvelled at the venue – an equestrian centre in the heart of a forest – and the looks alike, from sporty takes on mermaid dresses to sweeping A-line coats

Models present creations from the autumn/winter 2022-23 haute couture collection by French designer Virginie Viard for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on July 5. Photo: EPA-EFE

Giambattista Valli’s 10th anniversary in haute couture at Paris Fashion Week

The autumn/winter 2022-23 collection featured colourful tulle dresses, dramatic trains and shimmering body suits to evoke ‘living in the moment’, according to the Italian designer

A model presents a creation by designer Giambattista Valli as part of his haute couture autumn/winter 2022-2023 collection show and to celebrate his 10th year anniversary in haute couture, in Paris, France, on July 4. Photo: Reuters

How Dior paid homage to Ukraine at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

The embroidery-rich autumn/winter 2022-23 collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri riffed on Eastern European designs and the artworks of Olesia Trofymenko

How Kim Jones conjured a celestial Roman fantasy on Fendi’s Paris runway

Kim Jones brings Fendi into the future with the fashion house’s Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture collection, creating a sci-fi Roman fantasy on the runway and cutting down the use of fur in his designs

Did Valentino just kick off a new, more diverse era in fashion?

The brand’s spring/summer 2022 haute couture collection at Paris Fashion Week embraced all races, ages and body types in a daring, colourful show

Is Valentino heralding a new, more diverse era in fashion with its spring/summer 2022 haute couture collection during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, on January 26? Photo: Xinhua

Chanel unveils the spring/summer 2022 couture show by Virginie Viard

Grace Kelly’s granddaughter Charlotte Casiraghi stole the spotlight on a horse, even Pharrell Williams was impressed

Charlotte Casiraghi, Grace Kelly’s granddaughter, stole the show on an actual racing horse at Chanel’s spring/summer 2022 haute couture show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, on January 25. Photo: Xinhua

Inside Dior’s star-studded Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week show

Netflix’s The Crown actress Claire Foy, Cara Delevingne and Rosamund Pike admired the brand’s spring/summer 2022 collection, which highlighted the craftsmanship of the brand’s ateliers

Spiderweb cape? Armani channels Hollywood glamour at Paris Fashion Week

Now aged 86, Italian master Giorgio Armani unveiled a haute couture collection mixing glamorous silhouettes with pastel hues

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Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture
All the news and the top looks from the haute couture fashion shows in the French capital.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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