Lagerfeld’s Chanel Haute Couture Spring 2009 Collection was, contrary to the Kaiser’s saying, quite recession-ish. It was like a dance, a dance with 65 brides and widows. I can’t help but noticing the brides largely outnumbered the widows since there was an outstanding majority of white, white-ish, butter-ish creations on the catwalk. (don’t miss the [...]

After Alessandra Facchinetti’s two seasons-tryout chez Valentino, she left the maison. The blurry situation wasn’t even clarified when Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli were appointed as the new creative team chez Valentino. Yesterday the accessory team, today the designers behind Valentino, Maria Grazia and Pier Paolo made a true show out of this [...]

Givenchy’s Haute Couture perspective over the 2009 Summer is a pretty somber yet pure one. Ricardo Tisci’s 29 models are so bride-ish and pharaoh-ish, I could literally freeze just by looking at it! Even if this Givenchy Summer 2009 is directly inspired from Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s art (more exactly The Roses of Heliogabalus painting from [...]

With Armani Privé I started the Haute Couture series here on Stylefrizz.com. A time of economic challenge requires a heavy dream backing or else… Galliano’s collection for Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring 2009 gives you just that – the reason to dream and the perfect wardrobe for that dream! The 39 models look every inch [...]

Haute Couture. There’s nothing like it. No Prêt-à-Porter fashion will ever match or top the real catwalk dream that is the Haute Fashion. Armani Privé Spring 2009 Couture was composed of 61 models, mostly gray, beige and noir with few splashes of electric blue, yellow and red. The collection had a retro air with a [...]

16 fashion designers are dressing up the Commedia Dell’Arte figurines (originally costumed by Franz Anton Bustelli in 1760). The 16 designs issued in a limited edition of 25 celebrate Nymphenburg’s 260th anniversary represent eight pairs of characters from the Commedia Dell’Arte, an improvised comedy from the 16th century. There will also be a collector’s book [...]

Fashion’s all about forecasting, predicting and luring the consumer. And because that is our true world of fashion, the trends are announced by Fortune magazine! So roll out the red carpet, here come the 2008 fashion trends: Accessories blend into one: the scarf. So if you expected the trends for handbags, shoes, any other leather [...]

Oldies but goldies: Kate Moss for Alexander McQueen. One of the greatest Couture Designers, Alexander McQueen knows how to make a show! Fashion brought to its state of art!