Haute Couture Fashion Week
Valentino Garavani Retires from Fashion Industry
Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani bids farewell to the fashion industry with one final runway show at Paris Fashion Week. The Women’s Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2008 Collection was typically Valentino — full of stunning dresses. Unfortunately, Valentino did not have kind words to mark his departure from the fashion world: “This environment is no longer [...]
Haute Couture Fashion Designers of San Francisco Fashion Week August 2006
The following is a list of fashion designers who will be presenting haute couture collections at San Francisco Haute Couture Fashion Week in August 2006. Colleen Quen Part sculptor, architect and painter, nationally-renowned couturière Colleen Quen’s designs are made of fantastical dreams. Inspired by nature’s motifs, Impressionist art and modern architecture, Quen passionately creates gowns [...]
John Galliano in Astronaut's Suit at Dior Show
Here’s a great shot of famed Dior head designer John Galliano in an astronaut’s suit at the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week during the Dior show.
Fashion Designers at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week
Fashion Designers offer red-carpet glamour in Paris Haute Couture runway shows John Galliano said he had been inspired by a recent late-night viewing of French director Marcel Carne’s 1942 film “Les Visiteurs du Soir” (“The Devil’s Envoys”), a fantasy tale set in the 15th century. “Seen through the eyes of someone from a different culture, [...]