This month's Paris Fashion Week goes totally digital
FILE - In this March 1, 2020 file photo, a model wears a creation for the Valentino fashion collection during Women's fashion week Fall/Winter 2020/21 presented in Paris. Ending the confusion over the fate of Paris Fashion Week, French fashion's regulatory body has said that this month's Paris men's and haute couture fashion shows will be strictly audience-free over coronavirus fears. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)PARIS โ Ending the confusion over the fate of Paris Fashion Week, French fashion's regulatory body has said that this month's Paris menโs and haute couture shows will be strictly audience-free over coronavirus fears. They were among four brands planning live shows this round. The Milan Fashion Week calendar from Jan. 15-19 is much scaled back from usual, with just 40 brands participating.
Takada death upends Paris fashion; Givenchy unveils designer
PARIS โ Paris Fashion Week was upended Sunday by the news of fashion designer Kenzo Takada's death at age 81. Like Milan before it, Paris is undertaking an unusual fashion season for Spring-Summer 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the brand may have hoped such a big new beginning would have come under better days and not under the virus-hit Paris Fashion Week. For a 34-year-old, Williams has quite a resume -- after having designed for Kanye West and Lady Gaga and founding the influential urban fashion house 1017 ALYX 9SM. โIt is with immense sadness that KENZO has learned of the passing of our founder,โ the fashion house said in a statement.
Hermes plays with depth in surrealist Paris show
PARIS โ Hermes headlined Saturdayโs installment of Paris Fashion Week with a cinematic, surrealist runway staging, but the lack of celebrities attending and the patchy drizzle put a slight dampener on the usually high-octane events. Like Milan before it, Paris is undertaking an unusual fashion season for Spring-Summer 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Depth was indeed the key theme for minimalist designer Nadรจge Vanhee-Cybulski, but the magic and mystery were sometimes missing in the clothes. ESTER MANAS LOVES EVERYONEEster Manas is a brand that has been making ripples at Paris Fashion Week in recent seaasons with a body positive approach that is, sadly, all too rare. Hair sprayed back in a bouffant and wearing a loose red check dress and a large black-gold chain, the 79-year-old Westwood looked free, glamorous and empowered.
Kenzo gets the buzz at bee-themed Paris Fashion Week show
PARIS โ A hybrid Paris Fashion Week continued Wednesday featuring a stand out live runway show from socially-distanced Kenzo, but no sign of any A-list celebrities. Guests smiled as they breathed in the fresh air of the inner city garden amid the sounds of the fountain. The designer used the Kenzo touchstone of the safari or the trek, and reinterpreted the sand dust visor as a netted beekeeperโs mask. BALMAIN PLAYS A TRICKBy thinking outside the box, Balmain tackled the question of whether the reduced, virus-era fashion week would fail to attract star power to Paris. THE ECO-INVITEIt took perhaps a deadly global pandemic for the fashion industry to change its wasteful and un-ecological system of invitations.
As Paris Fashion Week is streamed, critics look to future
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, models wear creations for the Kenzo fashion collection during Women's fashion week Fall/Winter 2020/21 presented in Paris. The coronavirus pandemic has instilled extra unpredictability into the already fickle Paris Fashion Week. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)PARIS The coronavirus pandemic has instilled extra unpredictability into the already fickle Paris Fashion Week. No one from the public will be allowed to see the clothes in person at all, in fact, during this on-screen-only version of fashion week that starts Monday. The new digital Paris Fashion Week calendar isn't bad for everyone.
Cardi B flexes during Paris Fashion Week in head-to-toe outfit
Cardi B accepts the award for Top Hot 100 Song for "Girls Like You" (Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B) during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019, in Las Vegas. But after flaunting her Paris Fashion Week outfit, it's safe to say Cardi B was a bit hotter than usual. While Cardi gave no explanation for why she was wearing the outfit, she did address fans who said they missed her at New York Fashion Week. "I heard you...were missing me at Fashion Week New York," she said in the video. Paris Fashion Week runs through October 1, 2019.
Celine Dion styled at Paris Fashion Week
Celine Dion attends the Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2019 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 2, 2019, in Paris. (CNN) - Cline Dion made the streets of Paris her own personal runway in celebration of the city's Fashion Week. The "My Heart Will Go On" singer wore a variety of looks, including one colorful outfit that didn't require pants. That look was first worn by Gigi Hadid on the Off-White runway, but Dion obviously had her own take on it, paring it with heels and sunglasses. Dion looked like a dream in a ruffled pink Miu Miu party gown with a black accent bow.