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PARIS (AP) — A huge crane in the colors of the French flag hoisted up a giant neon YSL logo above a construction site in the French capital, literally setting expectations high for this year's YSL show at Paris Fashion Week.
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Yves Saint Laurent designer makes highly-anticipated debut
Paris Fashion Week opened Tuesday, September 27, with several shows on the agenda. Day one's line-up included a spring/summer 2017 collection from Paule Ka, drawing inspiration from Japanese culture and paying homage to the uncluttered and structured style of the label's founder, Serge Cajfinger. Creative director Alithia Spuri-Zampetti chose the greenhouses of the French capital's Jardin des Plantes as the setting to present her second collection for the Paule Ka brand.
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Paule Ka brings Japanese influences to Paris Fashion Week
The first issue of “Grazia Hommes” — a men's version of weekly women's magazine Grazia which debuted in France in 2009 — is set to hit French newsstands on Wednesday in the midst of Paris Fashion Week.
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‘Grazia Hommes’ to debut in France this week
Paris Fashion Week displayed colorful and tropical-inspired creations from Paule Ka and layered printed and patterned looks by Dutch designer Liselore Frowijn as it opened on Tuesday. Several designers will make their debuts for some of the world's top luxury labels in Paris, which is the final leg of the womenswear spring/summer 2017 catwalk calendar after fashion weeks in New York, London and Milan. Fashionistas are eagerly awaiting the debut of new Christian Dior artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri, who joined from Italian fashion house Valentino and presents her first line for the French brand on Friday.
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Fashion features tropics and layers at Paris show opening
The gender pay gap continues to fuel widespread political debate, but this week the attention is focused on the fashion modeling industry, after a key industry figure shed light on the fact that when it comes to the catwalk it is men, rather than women, who are struggling to shatter the glass ceiling. In an interview with BBC Newsbeat Monday, top agent for male models Elizabeth Rose, Head of the Men's Board at Premier Model Management, spoke out about the disparity in wages between male and female clotheshorses. “The top 10 female models all make millions,” she told the site.
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The other side of the pay gap: male models paid significantly less than female counterparts
Ahead of Paris Fashion Week (September 27 to October 5), Relaxnews caught up with designer Samuel Drira, creative director of Nehera, whose spring/summer 2017 collection previews September 27 at 3pm. What or who inspired this collection? Who is the collection aimed at?
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Samuel Drira for Nehera: ‘Instant availability has shattered the dream of the unattainable object’
Saint Laurent, Dior and Lanvin all have new artistic directors who will be putting on their first shows in their new roles. With more than 90 runway shows and dozens more presentations behind closed doors over nine days, the spring-summer ready to wear collections promise to be the most scrutinised for some time. How will Anthony Vaccarello face up to the massive challenge of filling Hedi Slimane's Chelsea boots at Saint Laurent is the question on many fashionistas' lips.
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What to look out for at Paris fashion week
THR’s senior fashion editor Booth Moore reports on the glitzy comings and goings on of Milan Fashion Week.
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Milan Days 4 & 5: Bottega Veneta’s All Ages Show; Dolce & Gabbana Take Aim at Millennials
After New York, London and Milan, the fashion world will be heading to Paris, September 27 to October 5, to see designers present their spring/summer 2017 collections. This new round of fashion weeks will also bring changes to the industry, with mixed menswear and womenswear collections and certain clothing lines heading straight from shows to stores.
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Paris Fashion Week: provisional spring/summer 2017 show schedule
In 2015 and 2016, the fashion world appeared to be playing a game of musical chairs, ushering in radical changes and a variety of new perspectives for the major labels concerned. The first collections of some of these new designers will be presented in the course of the 2017 spring-summer shows to be held in Paris this September and October. Newly appointed as creative director for Dior, the Italian designer will present her first collection for the luxury brand on September 30.
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Fashion: three designers to watch for this fall
