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Azzedine Alaïa marches to his own beat. He rarely gives interviews, attends events or even hosts his own shows during fashion we ...

COUTURE CALLING Naomi Campbell made a triumphant return, Azzedine Alaïa was back after a six-year absence and Karl Lagerfeld was ...

Go big, go bold—or go home. Alexandre Vauthier’s couture collection was a celebration of the over-the- top aesthetic that define ...

Workmanship is important in ready- to-wear, but it’s everything in couture. Which is why the entire style set is talking about a ...

The Grand Palais is a perennial favourite of Karl Lagerfeld, but this season he transformed the 19th-century palace into an ode ...

Maria Grazia Chiuri focused on travel and self-discovery, borrowing from the boys for Dior’s 70th anniversary with a series of o ...

Haute floral fourrure is the easiest way to summarise Fendi’s look of the season. Karl Lagerfeld created a magical forest of win ...

For the Giambattista woman, daytime is all about high-collared baby-doll dresses, while evenings are for lavish look-at-me gowns ...

As creative as it was cool, Dutch designer Iris van Herpen’s show opened with a serious bang—a five-piece band playing Zen singi ...

John Galliano wasn’t coy about his inspiration at Maison Margiela this season. In a show consisting of just 24 looks, each outfi ...

Van de Kemp is a master at finding the perfect balance between ready-to-wear and couture. Honing in on the luxury element throug ...

Founder Elsa Schiaparelli was a member of the in-crowd of the 1920s, counting the likes of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalì, Jean Co ...

ULYANA SERGEENKO Baddies are often far more sartorially memorable than goodies, which is why Russian designer Ulyana Sergeenko h ...

There was a simplicity to the Valentino couture collection that hasn’t been seen recently from the high-octane Italian house. Th ...

Who says dolls are just for children? Not Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, who introduced the unlikely combinat ...

The Lebanese designer’s most recent collection was an ode to beauty inspired by fin de siècle silhouettes and Edwardian material ...

ON THE CUSP The fashion world is relentless in its hunt for the new. Be it a fresh face, an unknown designer or a long-forgotten ...

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RISING STARS From top: Two looks from Esth r Perbandt’s FW17 show; digital prints and high shi materials take a front and centre ...