haute couture
Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2009 Schedule
Paris Fashion Week for the Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2009 Collection will be held from Monday, January 26th to Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Monday, January, the 26th ALEXIS MABILLE* 10.00 am 51 rue de l’Université – Paris 7e STÉPHANE ROLLAND 11.00 am Palais de Tokyo CHRISTOPHE JOSSE* 12.00 pm [...]
Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2008/2009 Schedule
Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2008/2009 Designs will take place from Monday, June 30th to Thursday, July 3rd, 2008. The definitive schedule for the event is as follows: Monday, June, the 30th STÉPHANE ROLLAND* 11.00 am Hôtel de la Monnaie – 11 quai de Conti – Paris 6e CHRISTOPHE JOSSE* 12.30 pm Studio [...]
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 [...]
Karl Lagerfeld Biography: Fashion Designer Biography
The biography of Karl Lagerfeld is an interesting one: the fashion designer was born in Hamburg. Germany in 1938 and emigrated to Paris, France at the age of 14. He was to go on to become one of the most celebrated and famous fashion designers this century has seen. In 1955, at the age of [...]
Valentino Bids Farewell to Paris Prêt-à-Porter Fashion Week
Italian fashion designer Valentino staged his last ever ready-to-wear catwalk show, winning a standing ovation Wednesday from his supporters and a reprimand from fellow designer Karl Lagerfeld, who said it was too early for the fashion designer to retire. Wednesday’s show is not quite Valentino’s last hurrah — a final haute couture display is scheduled [...]