L'art de vivre, primarily from Paris.
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A First Look Inside Celine’s New Haute Parfumerie in Paris
When Celine revealed, in late August, that an Haute Parfumerie collection consisting of 11 fragrances conceived by Hedi Slimane was forthcoming, the details were elusive and teased out sparingly. There were names like Reptile, La Peau Nue (Bare Skin), Cologne Française and Nightclubbing; there were seductive black and white videos of the bottles, their thick fluted glass fetishized with cinematic light and shadow.
Today, nine of the 11 creations make their official debut within the first Celi...
Delugan Meissl’s transformative take on a top surgeon’s clinic in San Francisco
Italian architect Roman Delugan augments a highly respected craniofacial surgery into a sleek suite
Virginie Viard Takes the Helm of Chanel After Karl Lagerfeld
If there was any constant to a Chanel runway show, where the set replicates a vast autumnal forest one season and a hulking cruise ship the next, it was the man behind the curtain: Karl Lagerfeld,
Theaster Gates explores the troubling history of a coastal community forced out of home
For his first solo museum show in France, the Chicago-based artist dives into the dark past of the now-uninhabited Malaga Island off the coast of Maine
The Future of Smart Fabric Is in This Fashion Historian’s Hands
Until a few months ago, Pamela Golbin had been the longtime chief curator of fashion and textiles at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, where she mounted historical and contemporary exhibitions with inspired focus and widespread appeal.
Vogue Got an Exclusive Tour of Chanel’s Ateliers While Tonight’s Métiers d’Art Collection Was Being Made
As the models of Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show filed around the Temple of Dendur attired in looks encoded with colorful graphic symbols, their silhouettes radiating glints of gold from all angles, it was clear that this was no ordinary ode to Egypt.
First Dior Men, Now Thom Browne—The Gilets Jaunes Are Impacting the Fall ’19 Paris Men’s Shows
It’s hard to imagine how the scene would play out if the gilets jaunes—the “yellow vest” anti-government protesters throughout France—were to cross paths with all those who flaunt their street style A game during men’s Fashion Week in Paris.
Spring 2019 CoutureViktor & Rolf
Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren titled this collection Fashion Statements. “To what extent can you say something with clothing, literally,” they said backstage.
Iris van Herpen
The most recent Iris Van Herpen collection included two or three solid hues amid her signature stony, metallic palette
Spring 2019 Ready-to-WearAlaïa
The past is clear; the future is obscure.... The Maison Alaïa studio team, ever loyal and remaining intact, continues to carry on the master designer’s vision...
Jean-Michel Basquiat meets Egon Schiele in parallel Paris retrospectives
Since opening three years ago, the Fondation Louis Vuitton has become a destination for blockbuster exhibitions. The museum’s latest programming is once again a tour de force, in part because it consists of two comprehensive retrospectives: one dedicated to Egon Schiele, the another to Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The Dress in His Painting? She Designed It
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The artist Ben Sledsens and the fashion designer Charlotte De Geyter met three years ago, while both were students at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.