• Dior Haute Couture

    Dior Haute Couture
    Image Credit: Stephane Feugere

    Dior Haute Couture

  • Dior Haute Couture Raf Simons wowed with angelic white dresses, dramatic fur sleeves and side-fastened columns — in a faux-glass stage set.

    Dior
    Image Credit: Structure photograph by Stéphane Feugère; outdoor fashions by Kuba Dabrowski; white gown by Giovanni Giannoni

    Dior Haute Couture: Raf Simons wowed with angelic white dresses, dramatic fur sleeves and side-fastened columns — in a faux-glass stage set.

  •   Resort, the season that just won’t end, opened in early May and rolls into July, so why not take advantage? While the ever-elusive Priestess of Cool Chic Phoebe Philo took her usual Garbo approach to showing Céline — “come, but no pictures” — the great Goddess of Cool Chic, Miuccia Prada, went the reverse route. She commissioned “Miu Miu club,” a rollicking, raucous, star-studded — from But to some of us, Couture Week is still first and foremost about the clothes. the endlessly glamorous Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell to 15-year-old Kiernan Shipka — party for the joint purpose of showing the brand’s resort collection and launching its first fragrance (lily of the valley and peppery accents; girly blue- aAnd-red bottle). h, the beauty world. MAC muscled into the week with a party in col- laboration with Giambattista Valli. And there were anniversaries to note: Lancôme (80th) and Viktor & Rolf (Flower Bomb fragrance, 10th). There were (or will be) parties (amfAR) and other openings as well — Tory Burch and Elie Saab stores; Louis Vuitton’s La Galerie, a private museum to showcase the house goods. But to some of us, Cou-

    Giambattista Valli
    Image Credit: Runway by Stéphane Feugère, backstage by Delphine Achard, silhouette by Giovanni Giannoni

    Giambattista Valli:
    The designer embellished his party clothes with crystals, feathers and embroidery.

  • Miuccia Prada showed Miu Miu resort and launched a fragrance wit

    Miu Miu
    Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni

    Miuccia Prada showed Miu Miu resort and launched a fragrance with
    a party.

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    Schiaparelli
    Image Credit: Runway by Stéphane Feugère, silhouette by Giovanni Giannoni

    Schiaparelli:
    Bertrand Guyon’s debut was an ode to Elsa: a balance
    between simplicity and extravagance.

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    Atelier Versace
    Image Credit: Runway by Stéphane Feugère, inset by Delphine Achard, dress by Giovanni Giannoni

    Atelier Versace:
    Donatella Versace embraced evening with graceful, pretty silhouettes.

  • Dice Kayek Couture Fall 2015

    Dice Kayek
    Image Credit: Dominique Maitre

    Dice
    Kayek:
    Ece Ege paid homage to Seventies nightlife with Pop Art embroideries and updated tuxedoes.

  • Ralph & Russo Couture Fall 2015

    Ralph & Russo
    Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni

    Ralph &
    Russo:
    Tamara Ralph channeled an enchanted fairy tale of “young tsarinas” in evening gowns.

  • Ulyana Sergeenko Paris Couture July 2015

    Ulyana Sergeenko
    Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni

    Ulyana
    Sergeenko:
    The designer paired Russian aristocrats with working-class folks — to decadent effect.

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