At Paris Haute Couture Week, XpanD and Looping Productions collaborate at the crossroads of fashion to present the prestigious and influential event in stunning 3D. Bringing high style to high tech at the fashion world’s most prestigious event, XpanD took the runway at Paris Haute Couture Week, 5-8 July 2010. With XpanD 3D technology, the [...]

A whole theme of multifunctional clothes is wafting through the current menswear season in Paris, which was apparent on the runway of the spring 2011 collection by Hermes presented Saturday, June 26, in the Grand Palais. On the runway of Hermes menswear designer Veronique Nichanian, we witnessed hyper elegant cotton shirts, that thanks to a [...]

A skater has broken a record, jumping off the first floor of the Eiffel Tower onto a huge quarter pipe.

Les Arts Décoratifs is organising the first exhibition retracing the history of contemporary fashion, in two parts. The project began last autumn with the publication of ‘An Ideal History of Contemporary Fashion’, and is continuing in a different dimension with two consecutive exhibitions. The first of this “two-volume” historic and selective retrospective of fashion will [...]

Phoebe Philo’s new collection hit the runway with great reviews. If no-frills clothes that are discreetly – but to those in the know extremely – luxurious are a large part of the story this season, then Phoebe Philo’s hugely influential debut collection for Celine, shown in Paris six months ago, has by now proved ahead [...]

The Coral Thief, by Rebecca Stott. The year is 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte is bound for exile in the south Atlantic after his defeat at Waterloo. Daniel Connor is bound for Paris – a 21-year-old student fresh from England – carrying some rare fossils – his credentials needed to land a position with the noted Dr. [...]

Here’s WSJ with the report: On Monday, France’s Prime Minister Francois Fillon is scheduled to host a meeting of government advisers, luxury-goods executives and artisans to discuss aid for the country’s craftsmen. Among the dilemmas to be discussed are the fragility of the sector and its importance to France’s image, and the difficulty in recruiting [...]

Prada comes to the City of Lights. This winter Prada will conquer yet another fashion capital with it’s new pop-up location in the City of Lights. The mega-brand has created what looks to be a cross between the famous Mirabel Bridge and the Italian luxury firm’s original store in Milan. The boutique’s designer, Roberto Baciocchi, [...]

The LA Times reports from Paris: This is the Musée de la Contrefaçon (Museum of Counterfeiting), a fascinating five-room short course in the history of knock-offs, counterfeits and blatant infringements. The burgeoning trade in fakes annually costs France alone an estimated 38,000 jobs and 6 billion euros (roughly $8.5 billion at current exchange rates) according [...]

Belinda Goldsmith reports on Paris: In the words of John Galliano, “Haute Couture is unique, elitist, escapist and the most creative form of expression that fashion indulges. It cannot fail to inspire.” And it did not last week. The visual and technical splendor of Haute Couture remains as strong as ever. Galliano himself showed one [...]