Topic: France
Italian designer Giambattista Valli is to join the exclusive club of haute couture fashion, showing a spring-summer collection in Paris next month, organisers said Monday.A Paris commission including existing haute couture labels has awarded the 45-year-old designer the coveted appellation, France's fashion ...
US fashion designer Marc Jacobs has been forced to cancel his European press day following the theft of his entire spring-summer collection en-route from Paris to London."Our press day tomorrow (Friday) in the Marc Jacobs store is cancelled due to the theft ...
PARIS (Reuters) - For the first time in its history, luxury conglomerate LVMH has provided a peek into its exclusive workshops, design showrooms and wine cellars -- to reveal the hundreds of hands and delicate workmanship behind its expensive brands.Seeking to "reveal ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Nail varnish has become the top-selling fashion accessory, replacing lipstick as an affordable indulgence in austere times and leading to a boom in sales as consumers flock to buy bright-colored bottles.Industry insiders predict nail color will be the fastest-growing ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Fashion Week ended like it started with a positive and relaxed spirit and a skillful bow by Lebanese designer Elie Saab with a glamorous 1970s collection for next summer inspired by the American TV series Charlie's Angels.The poplin ...
PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) - They are rarely spotted on the front row of a fashion show and favor discretion when placing orders, yet women from the Middle East have become the world's biggest buyers of high fashion.The trend may surprise given that many ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Tuesday under a cloud of economic pessimism mixed with uncertainty about the creative direction of some of the world's biggest fashion brands including Dior, Louis Vuitton, Celine and Yves Saint Laurent.After New York, ...
French designer Coco Chanel spied for the Nazis during the German occupation of France in World War II, according to a new book on sale Tuesday."Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War," by Hal Vaughan, expands on long-standing evidence that the ...
LAUSANNE (Reuters Life!) - Thierry Andretta, chief executive of France's oldest fashion brand Lanvin, has found a radical remedy against the avalanche of emails he gets every day: he has declared Wednesday an email free day.That way, he says, he gives himself ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French first lady Bernadette Chirac has transformed her image from a dull, dowdy and dutiful wife into a glamorous fashionista who pokes fun at her fuddy-duddy hubby and is adored by the hippest Parisians.Jacques Chirac's petite wife, now ...
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