07 July 2026
Armani Privé: the second couture collection without Armani
Beaded blazers, muted leopard and evening gowns with long trains. And behind it all, a will requiring 15% of the group to be sold within eighteen months.
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07 July 2026
Chanel shows a fairy-tale couture: feathered ruffs and slit tweed
A vine creeps up a heel, a clutch pretends to be a sleeping bear, and buttons turn from duckling to swan. Matthieu Blazy’s second couture collection.
07 July 2026
£150 shorts: running brands came to fashion week for the luxury shopper
Forty runners arrived for breakfast at Dover Street Market, drenched in sweat. Then came the buyer appointments. This is how running brands do business now.
07 July 2026
Schiaparelli opens Paris Haute Couture Week with silicone and pearls
The bodice was sculpted by hand and cast in silicone. The lace on the jacket is painted on. And tentacles walked the runway.
07 July 2026
The atelier that spent forty years embroidering for Dior and Prada has launched its own label
Chanakya embroidered for Dior, Prada and Fendi. Now the Swalis, mother and daughter, are taking their own label Chorus global — and 40% of its online sales are already international.
06 July 2026
Dior shows couture three days after dressing Taylor Swift for her wedding
Guests got black bamboo fans with their invitations — and needed them: the show ran in a garden at over 30°C. On the runway: ferns, silk flowers and bags designed with a sculptor.
06 July 2026
Dior beat Chanel to the wedding of the decade
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce married in Jonathan Anderson’s couture. 273 million followers — no ad campaign buys that reach.
03 July 2026
The men have caught up: Djokovic in a Lacoste blazer, Fritz in Hugo Boss
“You can’t walk out with an outfit and go out in the first round. It just looks so bad,” says Taylor Fritz. And Berrettini’s outfit was refused: “not white enough.”
03 July 2026
“I’d actually prefer to talk about my clothes”: Osaka reaches the Wimbledon last 16
A Kill Bill-style kimono on the walk-on, 6-1 6-3 on court, and her best run at this tournament.
29 June 2026
The United States of luxury: Scottsdale, Nashville and the cities everyone is running to
“When luxury brands started opening in Williamsburg, I was skeptical. Now, we’re so far past Williamsburg.” Here is where they are going.
29 June 2026
The hottest week in Paris history: inflatable clothes with built-in air conditioning
Guests got fans, facial mists, Japanese kakigōri and water guns. Some journalists moved into air-conditioned hotels; others left the city entirely.
29 June 2026
Saks left bankruptcy half its size — now it has to win shoppers back
Debt cut by 75%, shareholders including Amazon wiped out, the store network more than halved. Smaller brands in the creditor queue got nothing.