excellence alaïa

Although technically Pieter Mulier's last collection for the Alaïa house was ready-to-wear, the sheer sublimity of the garments suggested that…

East meets West at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris

Leave it to Giorgio Armani to have the brightest array of stars front row at his couture show this season,…

Rahul Mishra, Stephane Rolland and Tamara Ralph

Three couturiers, none of them born in Paris (Rahul Mishra, Stéphane Rolland and Tamara Ralph), offered contrasting visions of elegance,…

Chanel haute couture: tulle and transparencies

Virginie Viard titled Chanel's latest couture collection The Button, but there was nothing even remotely buttoned about these garments. See…