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Having started his music collection in the heady club scene of Paris in the 1980s, he now designs runway tracks for brands like Chanel.

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Fashion Week

Anchored by Past, Karl Lagerfeld Looks Forward for Cruise

A selling point of Chanel's Cruise collection was the seductive accessibility of the clothes, justifying its transporting, ceremonial existence in such a fundamental way.

Fashion Week

Anchored by Past, Karl Lagerfeld Looks Forward for Cruise

A selling point of Chanel's Cruise collection was the seductive accessibility of the clothes, justifying its transporting, ceremonial existence in such a fundamental way.


Marketing

Karla Otto: 'Communication Is More Important Than It Used to Be'

German PR guru Karla Otto tells Tim Blanks about her early days representing Jean Paul Gaultier and Jil Sander, and the state of fashion communications today.

Marketing

Karla Otto: 'Communication Is More Important Than It Used to Be'

German PR guru Karla Otto tells Tim Blanks about her early days representing Jean Paul Gaultier and Jil Sander, and the state of fashion communications today.


Fashion Week

Fendi's Sensuality and Severity

Propriety and raciness kept pace throughout the whole show. On one hand, there was a subtle emphasis on classical values, on on the other there was the perverse undertow of the Vienna secession.

Fashion Week

Fendi's Sensuality and Severity

Propriety and raciness kept pace throughout the whole show. On one hand, there was a subtle emphasis on classical values, on on the other there was the perverse undertow of the Vienna secession.


Fashion Week

Ready for Action at Proenza Schouler

“We wanted to represent New Yorkers getting out there and saying something meaningful,” said the designers of their cult-like presentation. “It’s time to be strong.”

Fashion Week

Ready for Action at Proenza Schouler

“We wanted to represent New Yorkers getting out there and saying something meaningful,” said the designers of their cult-like presentation. “It’s time to be strong.”


Fashion Week

At Calvin Klein, Raf Simons Balances Evanescence and Substance

With this debut collection, Raf Simons pulled off a dazzling balancing act that synthesised flesh and spirit for a new age — with an outsider sensibility.

Fashion Week

At Calvin Klein, Raf Simons Balances Evanescence and Substance

With this debut collection, Raf Simons pulled off a dazzling balancing act that synthesised flesh and spirit for a new age — with an outsider sensibility.


Fashion Week

A Pick-Me-Up Prescription at Chanel

There was such a zest in this collection. “Paris Cosmopolite” was the name Lagerfeld gave it. A neologism that said it all, really.

Fashion Week

A Pick-Me-Up Prescription at Chanel

There was such a zest in this collection. “Paris Cosmopolite” was the name Lagerfeld gave it. A neologism that said it all, really.


Fashion Week

Sci-Fi Heroines at Louis Vuitton

Ghesqu​i​ère’s ideal Parisienne had subtext of sci-fi that a striking contrast with its backdrop the raw space of the new Vuitton superstore in Place Vendome, a work in very visible progress.

Fashion Week

Sci-Fi Heroines at Louis Vuitton

Ghesqu​i​ère’s ideal Parisienne had subtext of sci-fi that a striking contrast with its backdrop the raw space of the new Vuitton superstore in Place Vendome, a work in very visible progress.


Retail

Decoding Colette’s 20 Years of Cool

As she prepares to celebrate 20 years in business, Sarah Andelman talks exclusively to BoF about the genesis and growth of Colette, something of a pilgrimage site during Paris Fashion Week.

Retail

Decoding Colette’s 20 Years of Cool

As she prepares to celebrate 20 years in business, Sarah Andelman talks exclusively to BoF about the genesis and growth of Colette, something of a pilgrimage site during Paris Fashion Week.


Fashion Week

Sacai’s Game Changers

Chitose Abe has established an aesthetic that combines romance and hard edges, intelligence and eroticism in a way so unique and ingenious that it constitutes one of the most distinctive design signatures in contemporary fashion.

Fashion Week

Sacai’s Game Changers

Chitose Abe has established an aesthetic that combines romance and hard edges, intelligence and eroticism in a way so unique and ingenious that it constitutes one of the most distinctive design signatures in contemporary fashion.


Fashion Week

Cherry-Picking Decades

Felipe Oliveira Baptista offers another master class in managing a legacy at Lacoste.

Fashion Week

Cherry-Picking Decades

Felipe Oliveira Baptista offers another master class in managing a legacy at Lacoste.


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