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November 2018

Fashion

Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2019

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The collection itself pays homage to departed brand founder Yves Saint Laurent’s personal wardrobe. The designer favored slim-cut suits and high-waisted trousers with an understated Parisian flair, and that was present in many of Vaccarello’s looks. The inspiration also manifested in louche-fitting shirts and black leather jackets with lapels—a more old-school take on the biker jackets that have become a modern Saint Laurent staple. He was also a fan of Marrakech, Morocco, and plenty of the patterns and motifs in the collection referenced that, especially appropriate for a Spring/Summer collection.

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Hermès Spring/Summer 2019

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The designer traversed the fine line between spring and summer, showcasing minimalist jumpsuits, midi dresses, skirts, and outerwear in a range of soft yellow, mint, and vivid Hermès orange hues. Click through to see every look from the collection.

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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2018

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The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show with the hottest names in the modeling industry hitting the runway.

Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Jasmine Tookes, Winnie Harlow, Shanina Shaik, Sixty women walked in the fashion show and over one hundred looks.

Check out every look from the runway below!

El desfile de modas de Victoria’s Secret con los nombres más populares de la industria del modelaje.

Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Jasmine Tookes, Winnie Harlow, Shanina Shaik, sesenta mujeres participaron en el desfile de modas y más de cien atuendos.

 

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Valentino Spring/Summer 2019

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Standing ovations are not given lightly in fashion. In fact, over the decade I’ve gone to the shows – the exact number of years Pierpaolo Piccioli has served as creative director for Valentino – I have never seen an entire room stand for a designer the way we did on Sunday evening at Les Invalides. It’s an occurrence you can only hope translates to pictures and videos: dresses so simple in essence, yet so breath-taking in stature. It was fifteen minutes that felt totally right, not because everything was perfect, but because it was real, and because something real could make you feel that way. “I think today, real freedom is to be whoever you want to be, wherever you are. You don’t need to escape. I don’t like escape,” Piccioli said in a preview. His creations came out in swift procession, on casual flat sandals and espadrilles plumed majestically in ostrich, one silhouette more powerful than the other. “I’m not looking for big efforts on the runway. I think it’s a moment now when you have to show real fashion,” he noted. His collection had all the expertise, volume and glamour of those recent Valentino haute couture shows – so intoxicating they have given new life to the old institution across the fashion map – but expressed in a ready-to-wear ease that is anything but easy to conceive. 

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Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2019

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In an era ruled by a millennially-fuelled desire for authenticity in all corners of life, our attraction to sportswear is too significant to be turned into a mere tool for retail. That search for authenticity has become synonymous with a much bigger development in how we approach our wardrobes. The age of athleisure defines a new time in fashion – a time of real change – where designers like Gvasalia and Abloh, and even a Savile Row trained tailor like McCartney, are empowered to create new ways of dressing outside of the boundaries of the archaic dress codes we’ve taken for granted for so long. Through those glasses, athleisure almost starts to feel like the unsung hero of fashion’s advancement. It almost deserves a nicer name.

 

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Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2019

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The spring/summer 2019 season has culminated in a debate, fuelled by Hedi Slimane’s collection for Celine, about the female gaze in fashion: what do women actually want to wear, what empowers them, and who is in the best position to propose it. Simultaneously, strong waves of gender non-conformism have washed over the Paris shows, in a sense countering that debate with an all-empowering kumbaya of unanimity between sexes. In his Louis Vuitton show staged in futuristic walkways through the Louvre’s courtyard, Nicolas Ghesquière touched on both themes. “I was asking myself a question at the beginning of the season,” he explained. “For so long, people have defined my work saying I was empowering women. It’s an intuition I’ve always had, so why should I not take on that criteria to design this collection, only? This is not a narrative collection, this is about my obsession with empowering women: dressing them. I think I’ve been doing that for many, many years.”

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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show announces models, musical lineup and air date

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Victoria’s Secret is bringing sexy back to New York.

The lingerie line will air its annual “Fashion Show Holiday Special” on Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. on ABC, the brand announced Thursday after earlier revealing it will be staged in the Big Apple after two years overseas.

Expect performances from musical guests such as The Chainsmokers, Halsey, Kelsea Ballerini, Rita Ora, Shawn Mendes, Bebe Rexha and The Struts.

The one-hour special that boasts a bevy of beautiful models showing off the label’s latest looks merges fashion, fantasy and entertainment.

Last year’s spectacular took place in Shanghai, China, while Paris hosted in 2016.

“The show is a year-long production, and 2018 promises to be our most ambitious yet,” Victoria’s Secret executive producer Ed Razek said in a statement. “We have more musical guests, more fashion and more stories than ever; and, of course, 60 of the world’s top models.”

Kendall Jenner and sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid will take part, as well as Victoria’s Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes, Josephine Skriver, Lais Ribeiro, Martha Hunt, Romee Strijd, Sara Sampaio, Stella Maxwell and Taylor Hill.

The special debuted in 1995 and has mostly been based out of Manhattan, with sporadic stints in Los Angeles, Miami, London and Cannes, France.

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