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Debra Shaw in John Galliano's first Christian Dior show, the Masai couture collection, for spring 1997

Fashion’s Next Big Bang? Why 2025 Marks a Watershed Moment

PARIS — Will 2025 go down in history as another fashion Big Bang? In Paris alone, no fewer than eight brands will stage their first runway shows for women’s ready-to-wear collections under new designers. The industry hasn’t seen this much upheaval since 1997, the last comparable seminal moment in fashion. As Dior, Chanel, Loewe, Balenciaga,…

A view of the "Worth: Inventing haute couture" exhibition at the Petit Palais

Paris Exhibition Celebrates Couture Pioneer Charles Frederick Worth

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PARIS — Today’s Met Gala stars have nothing on the grandes dames of the Gilded Age. A new exhibition in Paris revives the glittering balls of the 19th century, which marked the birth of haute couture and the man credited as its founder: Charles Frederick Worth. Spectacular gowns worn by style icons such as Countess…