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IT was a combination of the French Riviera and Paris in springtime that played out on the Ralph Lauren catwalk today – with Julianne Moore, Jessica Chastain and Alec Baldwin among those there to take it all in, Frank Sinatra chiming away in the background. Quite the holiday.

What to pack for it? Ralph suggests bold graphic maxidresses, here they curved in lines of red and blue; wide palazzo pants and fine-knit bodysuits complete with cutouts. Of course, you’ll need a ballgown – in stripes – and plenty of preppy shirting, for which the designer is so well-known. Continue Reading…

See every look from last night’s Valentino ‪#‎couture‬ show in Rome here:

IT won’t come as a huge surprise that the starting point for Pierpaolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri’s couture collection was their beloved Rome. They mine the treasures of this city regularly, even the “rockstud” – those little metal pyramids stamped to Valentino’s best-selling bags and shoes – can be found here, nailed to almost every grand doorway one passes on Via Veneto and beyond. Continue Reading…

See the CHANEL Couture show from every angle:

THERE were two shows going on at this morning’s Chanel couture offering. The first was a demonstration of fine jewellery of the kind only Karl Lagerfeld could pull off. The second was his couture collection.

In the centre of the room was placed the Chanel Casino where a very select group of gamblers made their bets on the roulette wheel and Blackjack. Continue Reading…

One of the most interesting Collections presented this summer.

The British couture house showed its latest collection in Paris.

FOLLOWING last season’s abundance of flowers, feathers were the order of the day at Ralph & Russo  – presented a similarly organic but more grown-up sensibility for the house’s many hundreds of clients. Having found success in offering couture lovers a more classic aesthetic than the increasingly modern major houses, designer Tamara Ralph was ready to add a sophisticatedly sensual gown to her woman’s collection – and famous fans including Angelina Jolie and Cheryl Cole will no doubt be thrilled. Continue Reading…

PITY the poor orchid: all 25,000 of them locked under Perspex for the Versace couture catwalk that opened the Paris Haute Couture season yesterday evening. Their vivid but sensual colour mirrored in the outline of a Medusa head at the entrance reflected the softer side of Donatella’s couture vision. Continue Reading…