https://www.scmp.com/rss/324007/feed On-the-ground coverage of the latest collections from luxury brands in Autumn Winter 2017 en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Belgian designer Dries Van Noten invited 54 models who had worked with him since 1993 to take to the stage during Paris Fashion Week to celebrate his 100th fashion show. Think Alek Wek, Kirsten Owen, Nadja Auermann and Michele Hicks. The timeless beauties shone once again in the spotlight. The collection also revisited some of Van Noten’s most iconic prints. The patterns were reinterpreted for the new autumn-winter collection. A new documentary chronicling the design genius’ 25-year career is... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2083135/dries-van-noten-celebrates-100th-fashion-show-paris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2083135/dries-van-noten-celebrates-100th-fashion-show-paris?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:15:15 +0000 When the world is favouring street fashion, you can trust Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton to remain true to her creative vocabulary without getting too nostalgic. This season she travelled with her team to Cornwall, a county South West of England known for its pagan landscapes and Celtic legends. The “Cloutie” wishing trees in particular inspired the collection. The show opened with a line up of leather and knits featuring raw edges, gold and silver eyelets, and trailing coloured lacing which... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2077158/alexander-mcqueen-brings-pagan-legends-paris-fashion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2077158/alexander-mcqueen-brings-pagan-legends-paris-fashion?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:45:15 +0000 The last day of Paris Fashion Week was nothing short of extravagant. Chanel opened the day by launching a rocket inside of Grand Palais. Miumiu covered the Palais d’Iéna in decadent purple faux fur. Louis Vuitton’s unprecedented show inside of Musee Louvre’s sculpture courtyard Cour Marly was a grand finale for the last leg of fashion month. The ongoing debate about the purpose of fashion shows of today got a loud and clear answer in Paris: the event remains a large aspect of the creative... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2077074/chanel-and-louis-vuitton-close-paris-fashion-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2077074/chanel-and-louis-vuitton-close-paris-fashion-week?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Mar 2017 07:00:00 +0000 Stella McCartney has never been shy to send social messages through her collections and since last season her show finale has featured models singing and dancing to upbeat music. This season, the Stella girls showed off their moves dancing to George Michael’s hit Faith at the finale as they shouted “Faith! Love!” It’s a much-needed feel-good moment for both the raining Monday morning in Paris and the gloomy and volatile luxury market. It’s not only the ambience that was uplifting. The looks... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076751/stella-mccartney-sends-message-faith-and-love-paris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076751/stella-mccartney-sends-message-faith-and-love-paris?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:15:00 +0000 Pierpaolo Piccioli explores the notion of time in his latest collection for Valentino. “Fashion as a dialogue with time: disclosed, transformed, released,” as the show notes stated. The references to time are translated into a dark romantic collection that effortlessly brings together contrasting elements – blending Victoriana with the graphic Memphis style. Jewel tone coloured pop prints inspired by artist Nathalie du Pasquier are matched with sleek and soft silhouettes. Elaborate dresses are... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076390/valentinos-pierpaolo-piccioli-explores-fashion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076390/valentinos-pierpaolo-piccioli-explores-fashion?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Mar 2017 06:45:45 +0000 Phoebe Philo never ceases to impress. The creative director sent models down the runway in different, seemingly random directions all out at once while the audience, seated on a rotating platform which circled around exactly 360 degrees from the beginning to the end of the show, got to see the clothes from different angles. Watching the Celine models come and go gives you the vision of a legion of Philo fans making the looks their own in six months’ time across the globe. The Celine woman is... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076362/celine-reveals-360-degree-look-autumn-winter-2017?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076362/celine-reveals-360-degree-look-autumn-winter-2017?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Mar 2017 04:30:15 +0000 Blue is the colour that Maria Grazia Chiuri has given all the looks in her autumn-winter 2017 collection. In part, it echoes founder Christian Dior's belief that “navy blue is the only [colour] which can ever compete with black”, but it also revives the work of impressionist painters Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Paul Cezanne.  The Rodin Museum was lit the colour of romantic moonlight, and models walked out from a mystical fog before coming into the spotlight on the runway.   Chiuri made... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076219/dior-goes-blue-paris-fashion-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076219/dior-goes-blue-paris-fashion-week?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Mar 2017 11:00:45 +0000 Loewe’s autumn-winter 17 show setup was so dark that organisers deployed flashlights to help attendees find their seats. Only rare, exotic orchids stole the spotlight, dotting the otherwise entirely blackened venue before the show. As it turned out, the temporary visual deprivation was foreplay for a feast for the eyes.   Creative director JW Anderson later explained that the darkness symbolised the uncertainties the Loewe heroine faced after the past few seasons. The show notes elaborated:... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076204/jw-anderson-uses-darkness-lead-loewe-light-paris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2076204/jw-anderson-uses-darkness-lead-loewe-light-paris?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Mar 2017 09:15:45 +0000 Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo just pulled off another epic runway show in Paris. The mastermind behind iconic fashion brand Comme des Garçons is the first living designer since 1983 to showcase a solo retrospective at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Entitled Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between (on May 4 until September 4, 2017) the show will also mark her as the first living female fashion designer to exhibit solo at the museum. Curator... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-luxury/article/2076162/comme-des-garcons-shape-things-come?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-luxury/article/2076162/comme-des-garcons-shape-things-come?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Mar 2017 01:45:00 +0000 Finishing her six-year tenure at Chloé, Clare Waight Keller didn’t get nostalgic. Instead, she took the Chloé girl down a rabbit hole of the decades for her final collection as creative director of the Parisian maison. “An edgy dream world of psychedelic optimism” is what Waight Keller is after for the new autumn-winter collection. A whimsical colour palette of ochre, tobacco, mint, peach and lilac set the tone of the show – good vibes only. Broad round shoulder wool jackets and mohair... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2075818/chloes-clare-waight-keller-signs-whimsical-palette?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2075818/chloes-clare-waight-keller-signs-whimsical-palette?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Mar 2017 08:15:45 +0000 Tender and strong feminity is exactly what Bouchra Jarrar’s going for in her sophomore collection for Lanvin as artistic director of women’s collection.   Known for her expertise in tailoring and leatherwork, Jarrar has come up with a slew of refreshing eveningwear options in the autumn-winter 2017 collection – a black satin smoking jumpsuit with a plunging neckline paired with perfectly tailored lounge coat with luminous stripe weave, and a panelled shirtdress with ruffled silk collar matched... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2075479/lanvins-paris-fashion-week-collection-reveals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2075479/lanvins-paris-fashion-week-collection-reveals?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Mar 2017 08:00:15 +0000 Anthony Vaccarello is wasting no time carrying out his vision at Saint Laurent. This season he paints a dark romantic picture with mastery strokes in lace, leather and hypnotising rhinestones that pay homage to the maison’s founder. Vaccarello showed more than 100 looks for his second collection as creative director of the heritage maison – dotted with a few menswear looks. Instead of sending models down the runway with looks they’d just shown, Vaccarello’s clan dazzled in a new line-up of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2075131/anthony-vaccarellos-dark-romantic-collection-lauds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2075131/anthony-vaccarellos-dark-romantic-collection-lauds?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Mar 2017 08:00:00 +0000 Paris Fashion Week is shorter this year, at eight days instead of the usual nine, and there will be just 82 shows of fall and winter collections compared with 91 in September. But there are three new faces this time around: the Shanghai-based Uma Wang and the French brands Jour/Ne and Atlein. How young Chinese fashion designers are making their mark in the global industry A highlight of the week will be the final show for Clare Waight Keller at Chloe before the British designer heads to new... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2074736/paris-fashion-week-debuts-new-faces-and-final-bow?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion-beauty/article/2074736/paris-fashion-week-debuts-new-faces-and-final-bow?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Feb 2017 07:30:15 +0000