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Underpants and a sombre summer at Paris Fashion Week

From wearing your underwear in the street to the very muted colour schemes of big brands, some trends stood out from the spring-summer 2024 womenswear collections at Paris Fashion Week that ends on Tuesday. Here are some highs and lows from 11 days of shows in the French capital, the climax of a hectic month of fashion weeks in London, New York...

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Stella McCartney hosts Sustainable Market alongside SS24 PFW show

For her latest spring/summer 2024 runway show, Stella McCartney complemented the event with a street market that showcased some of the British fashion designer’s sustainable and materials innovation partners. The occasion came as part of Paris Fashion Week, during which McCartney held her runway show at the Marché Saxe-Breteuil where the...

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Second creative director within a year: Stefano Gallici makes his debut with Ann Demeulemeester

A design debut is always highly anticipated, but Belgian fashion brand Ann Demeulemeester's show had even more reasons as to why people kept an eye out. For it was not the first time this year that a designer showed a collection for the first time. Indeed, earlier this year Ludovic de Saint Sernin made his debut, but already disappeared from the...

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Paris Fashion Week SS24: Anrealage shines with luminous technology

For Anrealage’s spring/summer 2024 collection, which relied on special fabrics that change colour thanks to photochromy, Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga sent out the message of futuristic fashion in what was the precise characteristic of a creative approach. The show for Anrealage's SS24 collection, held at the Yoyo (Palais de Tokyo) during...

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Balmain SS24 show: The apparent resilience of fashion workers

Presented on Wednesday evening, Balmain's spring/summer 2024 fashion show will be remembered for the theft suffered by the luxury label a few days earlier. It will also be celebrated for the work accomplished with resilience by the teams who had to work hard in order to offer a show on a date that had not been postponed. Balmain, spring/summer...

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Balmain races to recover from robbery at Paris Fashion Week

The fashion world loves drama but normally it does not involve violent robberies, so there is outsize attention on Wednesday's Balmain show after the French label had 50 outfits stolen just days earlier. Balmain's creative director Olivier Rousteing announced on September 17 that a driver had been "hijacked" on the way from a Paris airport to...

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Dior and Saint Laurent bring contrasting feminisms to Paris

Christian Dior mocked sexist stereotypes while Saint Laurent was inspired by female pioneers at their Paris Fashion Week shows on Tuesday. Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri was coming off a PR coup after dressing Queen Camilla in a billowing midnight-blue silk dress for the state dinner at Versailles earlier this month. "I'm very happy to have...

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Paris Fashion Week promises drama and departures

Milan Fashion Week was not even over and the fashionistas were already heading to Paris on Monday for another 100-plus shows in the hectic womenswear season. The spring-summer 2024 week in the French capital runs until October 3, with 107 brands presenting collections, of which 67 are giving runway shows. All eyes are on Balmain's show on...

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Marked by extremes, driven by global clout: Womenswear in the French market

On Monday September 25, Paris Fashion Week, the most anticipated event in the women's fashion industry, kicks off, presenting an opportunity to evaluate how the sector is performing. In France, the financial performance of the womenswear category is marked by extremes. On one hand, several renowned womenswear brands have gone into liquidation or...

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Video: Dries Van Noten SS24

In this video you can see Dries Van Noten’s SS24 collection presented at Paris Fashion Week. Video: FF Channel via Youtube Promotion Read more about Dries Van Noten on their brandpage

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Video: Dior SS24

In this video you can see Dior’s SS24 collection presented at Paris Fashion Week. Video: FF Channel via Youtube

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Video: Hermès SS24

In this video you can see the Hermès SS24 collection presented at Paris Fashion Week. Video: FF Channel via Youtube