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Chanel Couture Fall 2008
The motif: tubing, as seen in the bold stiffness of an overblown sleeve and the elongated striped torso…
Boudicca Couture Fall 2008
Though it wasn?t exactly couture, Brian Kirkby and Zowie Broach, the designers of the British label Boudicca…
Alexis Mabille Couture Fall 2008
Mabille seems to be just what couture needs: a young, informed talent who doesn't let his deep respect for…
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Anne Val?rie Hash Couture Fall 2008
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Super Rich Keep Buying: Paris Couture Houses See Good Times Roll On
One morning last January, a clutch of well-dressed women gathered outside the Christian Lacroix fashion house…
The Man, the Designer: Fashion Weighs Legacy Of Yves Saint Laurent
If it weren't for Yves Saint Laurent, the world would certainly be a shabbier place: Scores of major…
Art Versus Commerce: Can Margiela Expand Without Selling Out?
Martin Margiela, the ultimate industry outsider, is trying out a new and unexpected persona: fashion's next…
Bill Blass Expands With Handbags
Bill Blass is aiming to bring effortless glamour to handbags.
Getting In Shape
What could sculpture possibly have to do with down jackets? Giambattista Valli intends to show the fashion…
The Next Chapter
Couture's big guns aren't the only game in town - four smaller houses also presented collections with moods…
Beauty’s Madcap Runway Act
Beauty's in the detail of haute couture, and this season was no exception. But rather than creating Ladies…
Dream a Little Dream
Hippie mermaids and punk ballerinas - these were the fanciful visions at Jean Paul Gaultier and Givenchy…
Class of ’08
Couture week may be thin on major celebrities, but the front rows are packed with clients at heady times for…
From Pretty to Witty… Fancy Ideas
Anne Valerie Hash spread the love in her couture collection, while Martin Margiela and Guy Laroche's Marcel…
A Big Bunch of Fashion
The spring couture collection John Galliano showed for Christian Dior on Monday was wildly luxurious and full…