MagIc viBes fRoM PaRis
The best from Paris Fashion Week
Tag: Christian Dior
Shining Haute Couture
As the Haute Couture Week comes to an end, have a look at what went down in Paris. Again, for Summer 2023, Haute Couture returns in all its glory, reminding us that fashion is a dream machine. We often wonder what the task of fashion is. Perhaps the best answer is that there is no answer. Fashion is a complex device that helps us see beyond the barriers of everyday life. A superfluous game, perhaps. But human beings live on the superfluous. As Professor Keating said in Dead Poets Society, "poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."
WiTcHcRaFt
Are you not weary, O desert dust witches? I cannot see who waltzes with you In close embrace. But your lips meet hotly in kisses, your hair is disheveled, your ribbons are flying, your skirts are in tatters. The music you dance to it comes from fiddles bewitched.
mATeRic dUsT
Ephemeral and seductive as stardust
dIOrSHOw 22 MaKE-up
Diorshow 22: il potere del fiordaliso per il make up occhi
Scents frOm eLseWheRE
Fragrances are messages in a bottle: wearing them is like making a wish. To travel, perhaps
UpToWn BAlAnCe
Glimpse DRY’s take on menswear elegance
LiqUId BeAUty
A underwater world dream where all the emotions give space to colors of creativity; a sublime etheral image of a modern ninph casting her spells into the sea
AnH PhoeNix: Be NATuraL
Supermodel Anh Phoenix shows us how she supports her own beauty in the most natural way, with a really toned down style dressing and make up. It is a look based on earth colours and skincare... almost as mother earth made her! Fashion and accessories have an arty, graphical aspect, and draw inspiration from nature, like pearls and gold, or natural fibres/ fabrics, like leather, cotton, linen and silk. Using a mix of high-end brands and local UK young designers. All photos were shot by TLN with iPHONE12pro, to prove that a phone camera is resourceful in the way of quality, details and connection to the digital world, and how easy and beautiful natural shooting can be
dIOR wEAVE AND eMBROIDERY
For the AW 2021 haute couture collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri focuses on textile experimentation and emphasises the moment when the clothes are made. The work "Chambre de soie", created by French artist Eva Jospin, is the frame and "Treads of Life" by Clare Hunter provides the inspiration for the collection
PIETER MULIER’S ALAïA DEBUT: AN ODE TO FEMININITY
Attended by global stars and fashion icons alike — from Monica Bellucci and Owen Wilson to Raf Simons and Pierpaolo Piccioli — the Belgian designer’s first runway show for the legendary Couture Maison confirmed the newly-appointed Creative Director as the worthy heir of Azzedine Alaïa