Amy Verner

Some 12 hours into constructing Notre-Dame from more than 4,300 Lego pieces, I finally arrived at the pinnacle: the soaring spire, or flèche, that became a defining feature of the cathedral in the 1860s, 700 years after the first stones were laid.

An exhibition in Paris dedicated to master milliner Stephen Jones

Discover Stockman, maker of high fashion mannequins

The 2024 LVMH Prize in Paris

The weather in Paris—sunny and warm, with a light breeze—could not have been more perfect for a swim. Until this morning, a dip in the Seine would have seemed unfathomable—but a little before 10 a.m., Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, made good on her pledge to take the plunge ahead of the Summer Olympics.

This was no typical tour of the Louvre. The instructions entailed sneakers, athletic attire, and an arrival time of 7:45 am, earlier than the opening of most boulangeries and well before tens of thousands of visitors typically descend on the world’s largest and most popular museum.
Some of us showed up in sweats, others in full-on gym ’fits. I couldn’t resist wearing a hoodie from the museum’s 2021 collaboration with Uniqlo designed by Peter Saville. No one knew what to expect, only that we h...

Throughout the Centre Pompidou’s permanent galleries, there are rooms entirely dedicated to major modern and contemporary artists: think Joseph Beuys, Victor Vasarely, Giuseppe Penone. And until 23 September 2024, Ronan Bouroullec.
Of course, Bouroullec is as much an industrial designer as a polyvalent artist, a prolific creator whose amorphous ink drawings and decorative ceramic wall structures suggest ongoing explorations of form and function.
Ronan Bouroullec presents 'Resonance' at Centre...

There is real time and there is Iris Van Herpen time. In real time, people will spend a few hours absorbed in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs exhibition dedicated to the peerless Dutch designer who has developed singular pathways between haute couture craftsmanship and the fields of science, nature, technology, architecture, art, and dance. Within Van Herpen’s universe, 16 years of creation span several millennia of inspiration and research, from an ancient nautilus to the Large Hadron Collider...

Amidst the myriad runway shows currently playing out in Paris, there’s only one place where people can go and find Comme des Garçons, Chanel, Marine Serre, Thebe Magugu, Yohji Yamamoto, Coco Chanel and Kevin Germanier plus 10 other visionary designers as a single experience. Sensitively staged by the revered French fashion journalist and author Laurence Benaïm, La traverse des apparences (Bridging Appearances) at the Centre Pompidou proposes captivating fashion juxtapositions throughout the m...

Just beyond the illuminated passage where visitors enter La Galerie Dior, there is a photograph of the “We Should All Be Feminists” T-shirt that continues to define Maria Grazia Chiuri’s ethos as creative director of the women’s Dior universe. The assertive statement (from the title of a book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) strikes differently in this image by Brigitte Niedermair, however. Stretched across and bunched upon a wood board, it looks more like an assemblage artwork or makeshift sign ...

Since 1989, ANDAM has been considered among the industry’s most prestigious fashion awards, not just because the five individual prizes amount to a substantial sum—now totalling €800,000—or because it is sponsored by nearly all the largest French fashion companies as well as the French Ministry of Culture, but because it is recognized for singling out the major talents of tomorrow.

There is a universal pressure that comes with repeating a first-time success. For Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, this was not an issue. Best known as Kid Cudi, the high-achieving music artist, occasional actor, and avid designer insists that his sophomore ready-to-wear collection actually proved an easier exercise—largely because he had so many ideas underway, but also because he’s taking the long view.

One of the most famous and prolific artists working today, Murakami has spent the better part of three decades developing a highly recognizable, pop-infused visual universe—part anime, part emoji, yet not necessarily as simplistic as people think—that he’s transformed into accessible merch, from key rings and T-shirts to plush toys and skateboards.

As this year marked the 10th anniversary of the LVMH Prize, there was an added sense of how significant the initiative has become. Already before the ceremony, experts seemed in agreement that the creation and execution from this cohort were as impressive as any previous edition.