Published October 5, 2025 A Sunday in demi tones in Paris Fashion Week: A train-wreck debut at Jean-Paul Gaultier; savvy merch at Celine; elegantly fine art at Akris; and the same old, same old by Alessandro Michele at Valentino. Jean-Paul Gaultier: Train wreck in Jacques Chirac’s basement Too many debutant designers played safe this season,…
Published October 6, 2025 Trampling fallen leaves outside the Lycée Carnot, a host of stars went back to school to attend the Lacoste show on Sunday. In a gymnasium with the air of a market hall, the brand presented its spring-summer 2026 collection, entitled “The Locker Room”. Lacoste’s artistic director, Pelagia Kolotouros, incorporated more sportswear…
Lana Del Rey and her husband, Louisiana swamp tour captain Jeremy Dufrene, made a rare public appearance Sunday at Paris Fashion Week. Attending the Valentino spring 2026 show, the pair posed together outside the venue and shared a kiss inside before taking their seats. It marked the first time the singer has appeared at the…
PARIS — On Saturday, a group of the world’s most influential figures in fashion and popular culture gathered at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris to celebrate The BoF 500, the definitive index of the people shaping the global fashion industry. Since 2013, BoF has gathered together a global community of fashion’s most influential people —…
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stepped out at Paris Fashion Week over the weekend, donning timeless black-and-white looks for a night out. The former Meghan Markle made her Paris Fashion Week debut Saturday, Oct. 4 dressed in an all-white pant suit with a wrap-around matching shawl. She accompanied the monochrome fabric with a black pointed-toe heel…
New names at Dior and Chanel have generated the most noise at this Paris fashion week, but it was Balenciaga’s debut that brought the media storm with a front row coup: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, making her first European appearance in three years. On Saturday night in Paris, Dior, Chanel – and Lauren Sanchez, who…
Look away, Prince Harry. Meghan Markle had an uncomfortable interaction with Balenciaga’s new creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli, during her first-ever Paris Fashion Week appearance. In a TikTok video taken by a fan, Markle, 44, can be seen greeting Piccioli, 58, at the fashion show. As they tried to kiss each other on either cheek, the pair…
After making her surprise debut appearance at Paris Fashion Week for a Balenciaga show on Saturday, Oct. 4, Meghan Markle made a second outing at the annual fashion event on Sunday, Oct. 5. On Sunday, the Duchess of Sussex attended the Balenciaga Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show, wearing a sleek black caped dress. Meghan Markle is…
Color-field painters are having a moment during fashion month: After an Ellsworth Kelly hung front-and-center at Loewe on Friday, Albert Kriemler on Sunday displayed a supersized replica of a Leon Polk Smith folding-screen work, signaling the inspiration for his spring Akris collection. Kriemler discovered and acquired the work after seeing it at a 2023 Zurich…
In the second season since he pressed reset in a drive to gain commercial traction, sustainable fashion champion Benjamin Benmoyal continued to pay tribute to vintage styles, combining them with sportswear references in a medley geared for young fashionistas and their eclectic styling choices. Benmoyal referenced old furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from grandma’s house as…