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PARIS PRET-A-PORTER (PARISFASHION WEEK) FALL-WINTER 2008-2009 PARIS, March 13, 2008 /FR/ — Is it because Paris Luxury Ready-to-Wear is slowly replacing Haute Couture as the new world trend-setter? Is it because Haute Couture houses want to reveal their full identity also in their Ready-to-Wear collections? Is it because the industrial techniques used in fashion are now enabling what was reserved before only to the best made-to-measure craft? Or is it because these pieces are only meant for the Read more

PARIS PRET-A-PORTER (PARISFASHION WEEK) FALL-WINTER 2008-2009 PARIS, March 11, 2008 /FR/ — One of the trends seen this season on the decisive runways of Paris Fashion Week, could be described as a long-legged silhouette topped by a baby-doll dress, skirt or coat, most times with the hemline placed at mid-thigh, with a big volume displaying an elaborate structure. Seen on the very first day among the collection presented by Fatima Lopes, or on the next day by Cher Michel Klein, it was decisive Read more

PARIS PRET-A-PORTER (PARISFASHION WEEK) FALL-WINTER 2008-2009 PARIS, March 2008 /FR/ — Looking back on the Fall 2008 season  and particularly on the catwalks of Paris Fashion Week, several trends are emerging. The most blatent one concerns a silhouette with a marked waistline and moulded bust. It might remind the amazons by the strapped, fastened, cinched characteristics and some asymmetrical top (Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière). Compulsory waistline is marked by tight pleats, a belt or a Read more

FRANCK SORBIER ANSWERS FASHIONREPORTERS’ SEVEN QUESTIONS INTERVIEW PARIS, March 7, 2008 /FR/ — A slender figure with a thin beard, Franck Sorbier’s allure has something to do with a “sorbier” (French word for the plant called service tree in English). This shrub, was symbolizing, in Arabic poetry, the fragile grace of adolescence. The fashion he designs also resembles the couturier: based on rigour, it springs from the designer’s imagination, influenced by the richest dream-like Read more

PARIS PRET-A-PORTER (PARISFASHION WEEK) FALL-WINTER 2008-2009 PARIS, Feb 29 2008 /FR/ — Straying away from her previous reinterpretations of Hollywood In the fifties heroines, Junko Shimada gives her creations a gold or silver shimmer with a cutting edge in the accessories. It is quite obvious that Japanese designer Junko Shimada has drawn her inspiration for the season from the newly digitalized version of Ridley Scott’s cult movie “Blade Runner” released at the end of last year. Th Read more

PARIS PRET-A-PORTER (PARIS FASHION WEEK) FALL-WINTER 2008-2009 PARIS, Feb 28, 2008 /FR/ - What is it that makes the women dressed by Barbara Bui unmistakably different? Season after season, the designer declines her precise vision: delicate and yet not chichi, refined but not classic, modern but with no gimmicks, the picture of her urban strong girl is redefining the contours of femininity for the 21st century. The spirit of Helmut Newton was conjured up in this clean-cut black sheath with a hig Read more