What a no-phone fashion show means in the social media era

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To receive the Vogue Business newsletter, sign up here. Prior to The Row’s Autumn/Winter 2024 presentation on Wednesday in Paris, guests were emailed a request: “We kindly ask that you refrain from capturing or sharing any content during your experience.” In place of phones, guests were given Japanese notepads and a pen to take handwritten notes. The request — immediately shared on social media, naturally — has raised questions around what it means to instantly share images and videos from the runway online, and what shutting off that access means. Online, some praised the nostalgia and sophistication of the choice.…

Fashion Icon, Documentary Subject Was 102

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Iris Apfel, who became a fashion icon known for her vast, colorful, eclectic wardrobe and was the subject of Albert Maysles’ 2014 documentary “Iris,” ed Friday. She was 102. Apfel died at her home in Palm Beach, Fla. Her agent, Lori Sale said in a statement, “Iris Apfel was extraordinary. Working alongside her was the honor of a lifetime. I will miss her daily calls, always greeted with the familiar question: ‘What have you got for me today?’ Testament to her insatiable desire to work. She was a visionary in every sense of the word. She sees the world through…

Bags Become Clothes, Panties Become Dresses, Balenciaga’s New Definition of Luxury

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Paris – What is the true meaning of luxury? This question is racing through the mind of Demna, Balenciaga designer. He then tried to answer it in the Winter 2024 collection which once again disrupted the virtual world. Ahead of the show which took place as part of Paris Fashion Week, Sunday (4/3/2024), Demna sent his official statement to fashion journalists in the form of an audio recording. “As you know, I like to question things that are important to me through my work,” said the 49-year-old designer. ADVERTISEMENT SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT “And some of the questions that…

Sam Smith opens Vivienne Westwood’s Fall-Winter 2024 show in Paris

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Editor’s Note: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfits of the last seven days CNN — It began with a bellowing horn. Then out came singer Sam Smith, trudging onto the catwalk wearing a tartan shawl shrugged over a v-neck jumper and a functional codpiece-turned-fanny-pack. On their heads, another ribbon of tartan was twisted with black tulle that, from a distance, resembled a flowing mass of dark knotted hair. Trouserless, Smith’s look was finished off with a pair of towering, tartan platform boots…

NFT utility continues to capture fashion and luxury brands — NFT Paris

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Artists, designers and luxury brands are proving the real-world utility of nonfungible tokens and blockchain technology, with NFT Paris attracting thousands of visitors to France’s capital. The third edition of NFT Paris, hosted in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower at the Grand Palais Éphémère, showcased Web3’s increasing impact on various industries. Cointelegraph was on the ground to speak to individuals at the forefront of the growing intersection of blockchain technology and mainstream adoption. Putting the fashion in NFT Paris is synonymous with fashion, and NFT Paris was no exception. Attendees showcased impeccable taste and style matched with their growing…

Sam Smith’s Dramatic Paris Fashion Week Debut for Vivienne Westwood

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Sam Smith walked the runway for the first time during the Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood’s fall 2024 ready-to-wear presentation on Saturday as part of Paris Fashion Week. The singer donned two dramatic looks from the Renaissance-inspired collection. Sam Smith Getty Images The “Unholy” singer first appears wearing a layered multicolored look. The ensemble consisted of a light green long-sleeve top and a pair of bottomless checkered print shorts. The two pieces were styled with a combination scarf-shawl in burnt orange with checkered prints, socks and a pair of heeled plaid platform boots. For extra drama, Smith accessorized with a…

Loewe fuses high and low, tailoring and couture, to wow Paris Fashion Week

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PARIS (AP) — A green labyrinthine art gallery surrounded Loewe’s luminaries on Friday where they breathed crisp air from enveloping woodland on Paris’ eastern edge, among the ancient stones of Chateau de Vincennes. The gallery-decor walls were lined with the framed, wooden landscapes of artistic outsider and American painter Albert York, a clear statement of commonality from the brand’s one-time outsider fashion designer, Jonathan Anderson. The Northern Irish master can always be counted on twisting, bending, and reinventing the wheel in his own fashion. Little wonder Loewe is among the hottest tickets for Paris Fashion Week. ANDERSON’S OPPOSITES ATTRACT Inverting…

Honors College Lecture Explores Fashion’s Powerful Political Impact

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Photo Submitted One iconic scene from The Devil Wears Prada shows domineering fashion editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) rating her new assistant Andy (Anne Hathaway) for thinking she is above the sway of industry trends. Focusing on Andy’s lumpy blue sweater, Miranda details a genealogy of designer choices from Oscar de la Renta to Yves Saint Laurent that led to her choosing the “cerulean” garment. That short movie clip speaks volumes about the complex systems behind the clothes we wear. “In that moment, she’s breaking down the entire ecosystem of fashion,” explained Eric…