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Malay Mail
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
At 91, Giorgio Armani skips Paris but sends velvet dreams down the runway
PARIS, July 10 — Giorgio Armani showed his latest Privé haute couture collection at the label's gilded Paris headquarters on Tuesday, displaying black velvet evening wear with shimmery touches on the runway — once again, without the Italian designer, who continues to rest at home. 'In twenty years of Armani Privé, this is the first time I haven't been to Paris,' Armani, who turns 91 tomorrow, said in a statement from the label. The designer was also absent from his label's fashion shows in Milan last month — a first for the Italian designer famous for his hands-on approach — following a report from Italian newswires that he had spent some days in a Milan hospital. For Tuesday's show, Armani said he oversaw details including fittings and makeup remotely, through a video link. Though he felt ready to travel, doctors advised he extend his rest, he added. Held at the label's sprawling mansion in the heart of the wealthy Triangle d'Or neighbourhood of Paris, the show drew crowds to the streets angling for photos of arriving guests. Models present creations by designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025-2026 collection show for fashion house Giorgio Armani Prive, in Paris July 8, 2025. — Reuters pic Inside, models walked slowly through a maze of rooms, parading black velvet pantsuits and slender dresses. There were tailcoats, oversize bows and glittering embellishments. Towering black velvet heels added a feminine touch to more masculine looks, while sharp-shouldered suit jackets contrasted with bustier tops in various forms. The Paris fall-winter haute couture fashion shows run through today, featuring runway outings from labels Schiaparelli, Iris van Herpen and Imane Ayissi, as well as Chanel, Maison Margiela and Balenciaga. — Reuters Models present creations by designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025-2026 collection show for fashion house Giorgio Armani Prive, in Paris July 8, 2025. — Reuters pic
The Independent
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Franck Sorbier fuses Andean splendor with Parisian pageantry on couture runway
Franck Sorbier, the Paris couturier officially inducted into the haute couture fold in 2005, delivered a regal, Inca-inspired spectacle on Wednesday that fused theater and artistry with the cosmopolitan codes of couture. The show's standout image was a model crowned in gold, wielding a giant sun-topped staff—a visual exclamation point for a collection steeped in pageantry and myth. Sorbier's silhouettes had a historic weight, with loose, voluminous skirts swirling beneath strict, structured bodices, conjuring a sense of ceremony. Gilded chainmail and coin-like embellishments suggested a protective armor, but rendered in delicate, sleeveless forms. A poncho, fringed in sumptuous gold, mixed Andean spirit with Parisian panache—while elsewhere, lush, unfurling coats were embroidered with organic, figurative motifs that seemed to grow across the fabric. Detail shone throughout: dense ruffles poking from the bottom of old-world shirts, rich shawls cascading with embellishment, and surfaces that rewarded a second, closer look. Sorbier's backdrop was equally arresting — a landscape of bubbling, volcanic fabric, amorphous and vividly alive, underscoring his ability to transform couture into a living tableau. Known for merging cultural narratives with technical virtuosity, Sorbier proved once more that Paris couture can look backward and outward, drawing inspiration from global myth while staying rigorously hand-crafted. Through this cross-cultural lens, Sorbier's latest collection stood as a bold reminder that couture, at its best, is both spectacle and narrative.
New York Times
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
No Fashion Show Invite? No Problem.
When attendees gathered last month at Les Invalides in Paris for Jonathan Anderson's debut show for Dior, the mood was solemn. The celebrities, editors and executives, gathered together in a complex of 17th-century buildings that honor France's military history, sat in quiet anticipation. Across town, a far more vocal crowd of students, writers and tourists packed into a bar and sipped beer, cracked jokes and erupted into cheers or groans as each of Mr. Anderson's looks was revealed. The second crowd was at a watch party thrown by Elias Medini, 26, a fashion commentator and critic known by many as Lyas. The hastily assembled get-together was Mr. Medini's response to not receiving an invite to the Dior show. 'I was sad and I was like: So what am I going to do? Watch it at home on my TV or in the metro on my phone?' he said in an interview. Mr. Medini took action. He posted a message on social media in which he invited all of Paris to watch the show with him at Le Saint Denis, a cafe and bar in the city's 10th Arrondissement. He brought his TV from home and arranged the seats to accommodate a modest audience. To his surprise, nearly 300 people showed up. And unlike a traditional fashion show, there was no list at the door, no assigned seating and no opinions drawn out in hushed tones. 'Real people react to art, but fashion people don't,' Mr. Medini said. 'Is the snobbism so high that you can't even smile?' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Reuters
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Giorgio Armani Prive shows glittering black velvet on Paris runway
PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) - Giorgio Armani showed his latest Privé haute couture collection at the label's gilded Paris headquarters on Tuesday, displaying black velvet evening wear with shimmery touches on the runway - once again, without the Italian designer, who continues to rest at home. "In twenty years of Armani Privé, this is the first time I haven't been to Paris," Armani, who turns 91 on Friday, said in a statement from the label. The designer was also absent from his label's fashion shows in Milan last month - a first for the Italian designer famous for his hands-on approach - following a report from Italian newswires that he had spent some days in a Milan hospital. For Tuesday's show, Armani said he oversaw details including fittings and makeup remotely, through a video link. Though he felt ready to travel, doctors advised he extend his rest, he added. Held at the label's sprawling mansion in the heart of the wealthy Triangle d'Or neighborhood of Paris, the show drew crowds to the streets angling for photos of arriving guests. Inside, models walked slowly through a maze of rooms, parading black velvet pantsuits and slender dresses. There were tailcoats, oversize bows and glittering embellishments. Towering black velvet heels added a feminine touch to more masculine looks, while sharp-shouldered suit jackets contrasted with bustier tops in various forms. The Paris fall-winter haute couture fashion shows run through Thursday, featuring runway outings from labels Schiaparelli, Iris van Herpen and Imane Ayissi, as well as Chanel, Maison Margiela and Balenciaga.
CNA
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
Chanel marks 110 years with style — and stars — by supersizing its couture salon in a palace
Only Chanel would call its legendary Rue Cambon salon "too small" — then rebuild it, supersized, in a palace. On Tuesday (Jul 8), as the house marked 110 years of its haute couture — a century and more of Coco Chanel's revolution in how women dress — it blew up its atelier as a giant set inside the freshly restored Grand Palais, turning intimacy into spectacle for a nature-drenched show at Paris Couture Week. Chanel, whose founder banished corsets and reimagined luxury as liberation, showed just how far that legacy stretches — from the tiny salons of 1915 to its modern colossus. It was a flex only a handful of luxury giants could pull off — and perhaps, as one front-row guest suggested, a dazzling distraction as the fashion world counts down to the debut of Chanel's new designer Matthieu Blazy. Penelope Cruz, Keira Knightley, Naomi Campbell, Kirsten Dunst and the house's tightest VIP circle scaled gilded steps, sweating past marble and gold, to enter the reconstructed atelier. The set by Willo Perron was classic Chanel — intimate yet monumental, Old World yet futuristic. "It just felt special," Campbell said, "like stepping into a memory and something completely new. There's warmth, intimacy, nostalgia. Chanel can recreate anything, and it works." CHANEL GOES COUNTRY More drama unfolded on the runway. This was couture as nature fantasy, filtered through the Chanel prism. Menswear tailoring added swing to sculpted jackets and coatdresses, while mohair suits in deep greens and plums channelled autumn's hush. Boucle tweeds mimicked sheepskin; feathers and tweed created illusionary faux fur. Gold-sprayed wheat ears — the house symbol of abundance — were everywhere: Stitched into flounces, embroidered on necklines, set on every guest's seat. The theme may have been country, but make no mistake: This was as close as Chanel gets to "roughing it." Technique dazzled at every turn: Jewel-buttons, embroidered florals and a finale of lamé so luminous it mimicked sunlight on harvest fields. The studio team, holding the fort after Virginie Viard's abrupt and unceremonious exit last year, anchored the show in classic codes but played with wit and lightness. That obsessive handwork matters — not just for tradition, but for business. Chanel is fashion's juggernaut: Privately held, the brand reported US$18.7 billion in revenue for 2024, cementing its status as one of the world's most powerful luxury houses. Couture may be the crown, but its influence drives global sales in fragrance, bags and jewelry, making it the envy of rivals. NEW ERA FOR THE LUXURY GIANT Change is always looming at Chanel. For more than 30 years, Karl Lagerfeld transformed the brand from Parisian legend to pop phenomenon, staging ever-grander spectacles at the Grand Palais. After his death in 2019, Viard, his longtime deputy, guided Chanel into a softer, more discreet era. Now the industry is holding its breath for Blazy, a Belgian talent with stints at Margiela, Celine and most recently Bottega Veneta, where he won fans for his blend of innovation and reverence for craft. Campbell said of Blazy, whom she knows personally: "He's focused, open-minded — he'll bring something special." Tuesday's show unfolded inside the Grand Palais' newly restored Salon d'Honneur, its gold and stone revealed after a €600-million, multiyear restoration co-funded by Chanel. It's more than a venue; it's an advertisement of the house's power and commitment to Parisian heritage.
