In the Mood for Prada: Shanghai’s Rong Zhai
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Shanghai at night must have been beautiful back in the roaring twenties of China. Old buildings still stand in this harbour city of millions, their presence a reminder of its…
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Trend: Into the Great Outdoors
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This autumn the urge to feel free and outside shapes the language of style. Designers looked to nature itself for inspiration. A call to be one with the landscape, where…
Continue Reading…In Focus: Chambre52
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A room of one’s own. For Virginia Woolf it was a metaphor, for Nicolas Dewitte it became reality. After twenty-five years in the fragrance world, he launched Chambre52, his own…
Continue Reading…Le Sette da Gucci
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Over a hundred years since its humble beginnings in Florence, Gucci is still shaping the idea of Italian luxury. The centennial reminded the world of its Florentine roots, while Hollywood…
Continue Reading…The Prada Trinity
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The Prada aesthetic thrives on contradiction. It all started in 1913, when Mario Prada founded the Milanese house as a purveyor of fine handmade leather goods. Decades later, his granddaughter…
Continue Reading…The New Belgian Era
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Antwerp has the magic number six. The Class of 1986 changed the fashion landscape forever. Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dirk Van Saene, Marina Yee and Dirk…
Continue Reading…Les Huit de Saint Laurent
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From his days as Dior’s prodigy to becoming the sculptor of women’s modern wardrobes, Yves Saint Laurent gave women new shapes to redefine themselves. A kind of Le Vestiaire Idéal.…
Continue Reading…Raf Revisited: On Design Textures
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Some designers create from the inside out, voicing their view in fabric, music and more. Raf Simons is one of them. A silhouette, a song, a patch of fabric. Even…
Continue Reading…Chanel Haute Couture goes to the British countryside
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This couture collection, designed by Chanel’s in-house Creation Studio for the final time ahead of Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, celebrates nature and wide-open spaces. With inspiration drawn from the…
Continue Reading…Valentino. Five.
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From Rome to the red carpet, Valentino has always embraced opulence and Italian style. Under Valentino Garavani, the house was pure refined glamour. Later, under the joint creative direction of…
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