Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Courtesy of Celine Celine occupies a beautiful old building on Rue Vivienne in Paris, not far from Jean Paul Gaultier’s former studio, and a stone’s throw from the Bourse, home of the Pinault art collection. The neighborhood has always been cool. A massive arrangement of yellow blooms, dotted with feverfew,…
Photo: Courtesy of Phoebe Philo The fall shows in Europe saw abrupt changes from Prada, Balenciaga and Miu Miu, a move toward plainer clothes. Not so from Phoebe Philo. Her latest collection, which can be viewed online, is another building block in her original plan of creating a modern wardrobe. She remains focused on the…
Left to right: Chanel, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Courtesy of Chanel, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent Miuccia Prada gave last-minute excitement to the fall shows by turning the cheap-looking and ugly into fashion. It happened at Miu Miu, where such provocations often occur, and the relative ordinariness of her clothes also…
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton, The Row, Marine Serre Five years ago, Nicolas Ghesquière staged an extraordinary show for Louis Vuitton at the Louvre. It posed the question: What would happen if the past could look at us? He invited 200 choral singers, arranged on risers, to become characters in a…