TOMMYNOW ICONS Fall 2018 Shanghai Runway Show. TOMMYNOW ICONS traveled to Shanghai with global brand ambassadors Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1 champion, Hailey Baldwin, Winnie Harlow and Maggie Jiang, celebrating leaders of now who are the icons of tomorrow. The event showcased the first “TommyXLewis” collaborative collection, as well as the “TOMMY ICONS” women’s capsule and HILFIGER…
Category: Fall-Winter 2018-2019
Zuhair Murad Haute Couture Fall Winter 2018-2019
Imperial Russia – or rather, a dream-like depiction – is at the heart of Zuhair Murad Haute Couture Fall Winter 2018-19 collection “Un soir à Saint-Petersbourg”. The grand balls held by tsars in Saint Petersburg give way to a sense of aristocratic opulence. From the Great Ball that once that marked the opening of a…
Guo Pei Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Guo Pei Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 “The Architecture” – Time flows unhurriedly, while architecture stands immutably. “Time and Space” have always been the two grand themes that artists devote themselves to express. Over the long course of history, architecture has been witnessing human civilization, traversing time and transforming space. It is through architecture that mankind…
Giorgio Armani Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Giorgio Armani Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19. Conveying to the young generation the true meaning of haute couture, going back to the catwalk as it once was: the authentic essence of luxury and perfection. This is the idea that inspired the autumn/winter 2018-19 Giorgio Armani privé collection. Expressed in a sculptural, almost regal style, this season’s haute…
Schiaparelli Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Schiaparelli Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 new collection “Animalia Fantasia” is one of the most spectacular collection showed in Paris during Haute Couture fashion week. “Fantasy is a flower that does not flourish on passivity. Determination is what it needs.” – Elsa Schiaparelli, Shocking Life. The style of a woman comes from her spirit and personality. In…
Valentino Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Valentino Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 new collection is a “New Memory”. Here, now. Memories that chase each other and overlap with the present, to be consumed by the breath of time. A sense of surprise that passes from one glance to another, myths that take on different hues, emotions that are imprinted in the air,…
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 collection “Smoking no smoking?” breaks the rules by rejecting the symbolic masculine-feminine suit, advocating for freedom of expression in all its forms – including “free the nipple”.
Chanel Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Chanel Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 . The Fall Winter 2018/19 collection’s “High Profile” silhouette redefines the Haute Couture look. The CHANEL ateliers created skirts and long dresses in tweed, velvet and chiffon with zippered slits, revealing the leg in elegant profile. Each of these looks opens on the side to reveal a matching mini-skirt, with tweed…
Dolce Gabbana Alta Moda Como Fall-Winter 2018-19
Dolce Gabbana Alta Moda Como Fall-Winter 2018-19 is one of the greatest wonders of the fashion world. Great Dolce and Gabbana showed glory and grace during 4 days of the events on Lake Como in Italy. One of the most spectacular private shows in the world Alta Moda had 120 intricately handcrafted looks. Courtesy Stefano Gabbana…
Givenchy Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
For the Givenchy Fall-Winter 2018-2019 Haute Couture collection, Artistic Director Clare Waight Keller wished to create an homage to Monsieur Hubert de Givenchy, not only for the timelessness of his creations but as a tribute to the innate elegance of the man himself and the grace with which he lived. Clare Waight Keller is Givenchy’s…
Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 is a collection of memories, an immaculate renewal of the vows which represent Viktor & Rolf’s longstanding union to fashion. The approach, a typical Viktor&Rolf antithesis speaks to the designer’s personal fascination with time: consciously cherishing the past, yet always looking forward and pushing the boundaries of transformation. Highlights…
Iris van Herpen Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Iris van Herpen Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 called “SYNTOPIA”. In this collection Iris van Herpen explores the new worlds that arise within synthetic biology and the intertwining relationships between the organic and the inorganic. ʻSyntopiaʼ acknowledges the current scientific shift in which biology converges with technology and visualizes the fragility and power within. For Syntopia, Van…
Stephane Rolland Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Stephane Rolland Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 collection is all about winter and voyage. A nomadism where cultural and artistic roots perpetuate new aesthetics. Two key-words : ergonomics and opulence. A natural presence, free from all constraints. The movement is detached and generous. Comfort and sensuality, the textures are rich and sensory. Wide pyjama-jumpsuits in silk, jersey bomber jackets…
Franck Sorbier Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19
Franck Sorbier Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018-19 collection is about fragile paradise about which we all have to protect. Beautiful story of animals, vision of wonders of the world is another story of the designer. Franck Sorbier tells sad story about how we are consuming the planet with no regret, killing amazing creatures of this world…
Aigle x Ines de la Fressange
Capsule Collection in collaboration Aigle and Ines de la Fressange launched during Haute Couture fashion week in Paris “Le kit de pluie de la parisienne” , the rain kit of Parisian. With 111 days of rain a year the wardrobe of the Parisian must be parried with the chic and elegant pieces for caprices of…
Versace Fall-Winter 2018-19 Milan
Versace Fall-Winter 2018-19. “The Clans of Versace” — Donatella Versace’s fall collection was, according to the opening quote of her show notes, an ode to women who “know that today nothing is acquired through birth, but rather earned through what they achieve.” Versace’s clanswomen have calmer tendencies as well. A trio of slinky black dresses worn…
Gucci Fall-Winter 2018-19 Milan
Gucci Fall-Winter 2018-19 Milan. Alessandro Michele titled his Gucci show “Cyborg” after Donna Haraway’s 1984 essay, “A Cyborg Manifesto”. “We are the Dr. Frankenstein of our lives”, he said. “She describes the relationship between being and becoming… I am a lover of the divine. I would celebrate the gods of Olympus rather than our Catholic sanctities”,…
Hermes Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Hermes Fall-Winter 2018-2019 Paris Fashion Week. In the garden of Victor Duruy high school, Hermès creates an imaginary forest, all red, doused in half-light, in an atmosphere of evening dusk between dog and wolf. Artistic Director Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski dresses her women generously in beautiful studded leather dresses, quilted coats and through overlays evokes a calm charm of luxury….
The Blonds Fall-Winter 2018-19 New York
The Blonds Fall-Winter 2018-2019 New York. “THIS COLLECTION IS INSPIRED BY THE PRIMEVAL AND ETERNAL CONFLICT OF GOOD VS. EVIL AS A DRIVING FORCE IN ART, LITERATURE AND FILM,” every piece from the Blonds Fall/Winter 2018 collection had a taste of both sugar and spice. Some dichotomies in the clothing were subtle, while others, such as an…
Sue Wong Fall-Winter 2018-19 Los Angeles
Sue Wong Fall-Winter 2018-19 Los Angeles Fashion Week. How many times can it be said that one was moved to tears by a fashion show? I can say so and still am in the thrall. I am not speaking about just any fashion show, I am speaking about the memorable one I witnessed on March…
Rick Owens Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Rick Owens Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris Fashion Week. Rick Owens, provocateur, this time wrapped and twisted thorny territory of the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements. “Baubles, Bangles and Beads.” It’s not exactly where you’d expect to find Rick Owens, but there was that “Kismet” song — in several versions including a quivering rendition by Liza Minnelli — on…
Leonard Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Leonard Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris Fashion Week. The Rite of Winter. As winter came, so did an unstoppable desire to flee the city and the drudgery of everyday life to rediscover nature. Destination: Iceland. The LEONARD woman has organized her expedition with the greatest care: a ski suit, floral and belted, anoraks and puffer jackets with graphic details,…
Jeremy Scott Fall-Winter 2018-19 New York
Jeremy Scott Fall-Winter 2018-19 New York. Jeremy Scott stays in the mood of sci-fi for next wall winter. The story he “told” for Moschino is a story from “Star Trek”, with Marilyn Monroe starring. Story of Moschino is a story from “Fifth Element”. Admiration of Jean Paul Gaultier, designer of the costumes for the movie,…
Agnes B Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Agnes B Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris fashion week. Each season, for a few years now, agnès b. has invited a young designer to present their work during the agnès b. défilé. These designs always bear the name of the young designer on a special label. For winter 2018, a young stylist illustrator, Laure-Hélène Vaudier, who presents…
Chanel Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Chanel Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris. A forest has grown beneath the nave of the Grand Palais. Surrounded by blue sky warmed by a gentle sun, trees stripped bare by the season and a floor covered with autumn leaves compose an Indian summer, as Karl Lagerfeld says. Within this decor, a palette of russets, reds and orange, moss…
Andrew GN Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Andrew GN Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris. Drawing inspiration from the East and West, Singaporean designer Andrew GN designs opulent eveningwear with a distinctive, modern edge. His early beginnings at the prestigious Central Saint Martins ignited an attention to details that can be seen gracing his lavish cocktail dresses and gowns in the form of intricate embroidery, colorful…
Moschino Fall-Winter 2018-19 Milan
Moschino Fall-Winter 2018-19 Milan. Moschino, “the final frontier… Its 35-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life”, to boldly go where no designer has gone before. Cult phrase of captain Kirk from “Star Trek” fits perfect, like a glove. New capsule collection of Moschino by Jeremy Scott is of the shows which…
Sonia Rykiel Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Sonia Rykiel Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris. “The spirit of Post-Punk, New Wave and Pop music was quite an influence on me growing up and the way I used clothes. This is when I discovered how to express myself as somebody who is quite shy,’ says Julie de Libran, Artistic Director of Sonia Rykiel. “This was how…
Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris. The collection is an invitation to travel between past and future. Artistic Director Nicolas Ghesquière closed Paris Fashion Week with a new version of French chic, revisiting classics and reinventing the House’s iconic signatures. In the very heart of Paris, at the Cour Lefuel of the Louvre Museum, Nicolas Ghesquière has presented…
Elie Saab Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Elie Saab Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris Fashion Week. While the cold settles in, casting its grey hue over cityscapes, a flowery display takes over the ELIE SAAB Autumn Winter 2018-2019 Ready-to-Wear, as if capturing every last bloom and transforming them into a collection that exudes dark romance. Predominantly black, with touches of white, blush, powder blue, and…
Balmain Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Balmain Fall-Winter 2018-19 collection presented in Paris is a futuristic vision of feature from 90s. Models in sci-fi uniforms in neon-spectrum plissé and holographic paillettes look like girls from Andy Warhol Vinyl Factory or planet of Glamoria. Sparkly and shiny steampunk collection of Balmain has a moto : “We are the new generation”, as read on a T-shirt….
Balenciaga Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris
Balenciaga Fall-Winter 2018-19 Paris. “After two years at Balenciaga, I wanted to take all the codes of the house and filter them so they can be one aesthetic and one ethic,” said Demna Gvasalia. It was the first time during ready-to-wear Gvasalia showed women and men pieces. He presented a conceptual and personal leap forward of…
Calvin Klein Fall-Winter 2018-19 New York
Calvin Klein Fall-Winter 2018-19 New York. “This collection is an evolution of my idea of CALVIN KLEIN—of a view onto American society—but now wider, universal. It’s an allegory for a meeting of old worlds and new worlds, relating to the discovery of America, the 1960s Space Race, and the twenty-first century information age. Reflecting the…