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Come ti trasformo un pezzo di spugna nell’operazione di marketing meglio riuscita dell’ultimo mese
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A divided Paris: on one side, the unrestrained luxury of Fashion Week's catwalks; on the other, violent clashes over the death of a young man at the hands of a police officer. It's not a dystopian novel, but reality. The city presents a serene façade of fashion, with trends of quiet luxury, new masculine forms, and eccentric couture. The industry, though connected to the surrounding reality, doesn't come to an abrupt halt. Yet, it's understandable that some raise an eyebrow at the narrative of luxury without awareness of the context, but Paris, amidst Fashion Week and protests: the ethically dramatic aftermath of "the show must go on"
The best from Paris Fashion Week
And I think there are people that you'll always be willing to go back to, for you were made from the same colliding clusters of stars. There are parts of you that are parts of them as well– and that's what keeps pulling you back in– live gravity.
The Paris Haute Couture Fall 2022 Fashion Week has the ancient face of elitism
While the likes of Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Gucci took sun-soaked locations by storm, the ‘hype-driven, Balenciaga-ification’ rider continues to run apace. Below, 5 key takeaways from this season’s show
From Nicolas Ghesquière’s revisiting of 1920s trends to Virginie Viard’s 1980s-inspired collection, Paris Fashion Week looked at the past to gather inspiration for a sophisticated future. Did designers find the balance between all-time classics and unseen innovation? Find out below
Haute Couture: a bridge between past and future. All the highlights of this season
Demna Gvasalia for Balenciaga moves creativity through a fashion show that looks like a betrayal unveiled by hackers in which the models are clones of one person and includes the second part of The Hacker Project started by Gucci in April
For Gucci’s 100-Year Anniversary, Creative Director Alessandro Michele took us through a mind blowing short-film, with clothing transitioning from a ritzy nightclub to a sublime animal sanctuary
How Ugliness and The Grotesque Body have taken over Fashion