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Schiaparelli will host a pop up space at Bergdorf Goodman

New York department store Bergdorf Goodman is set to host a pop up space to celebrate Schiaparelli’s new “pret-a-couture” collection. When Elsa Schiaparelli initially ran her namesake womenswear brand, Bergdorf Goodman was one of the few retailers that stocked the collections. However, since the fashion house reopened five years ago, it has been...

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Video: Schiaparelli FW 2018-19 Haute Couture

Schiaparelli Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018-19 fashion show that took place on July 2nd 2018 at Opéra Palais Garnier in Paris. Source: Elsa Schiaparelli, YouTube.

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Video: Schiaparelli Haute Couture SS18

Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2018 collection, January 2018, Paris Haute Couture. Source: FashionFeed, YouTube

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Dior channels surrealist chic in Paris haute couture show

Fashion house Christian Dior went all surrealist in the first big show of Paris haute couture week Monday with a collection that was a feast for the eyes as well as the imagination. On a chequerboard set worthy of a Salvador Dali daydream, with plaster casts of ears, noses and eyes hanging from a mirrored ceiling, designer Maria Grazia Chiuri...

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Paris superiors show why they are still on top of the fashion tree

Christian Dior, Schiaparelli and Iris Van Herpen conjured up some thrilling clothes on Monday’s catwalks. Marrying daring and traditional, the day after two new American designers made their debuts in the French capital. While the US newcomers, Rodarte and Proenza Schouler made solid Paris debuts, Monday showed why haute couture with its decades...

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Schiaparelli rises from fashion death to Paris haute couture

Fashion label Schiaparelli completed its remarkable resurrection Tuesday when it was inducted into the elite ranks of Paris haute couture houses. The historic brand founded by the Elsa Schiaparelli, the great rival of Coco Chanel in the 1930s, closed its doors in 1954, the year that Chanel returned to the business after her wartime hiatus. It...

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Dior goes back to basics as Chiuri waits in wings

With Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri expected to take the reins at Christian Dior within days, the French fashion house went back to its eminently wearable roots in its Paris haute couture show Monday. Swiss pair Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux, who have been holding the fort since the shock departure of Belgian designer Raf Simon last...

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Chainmail and mediaeval sensuality in Dior couture collection

Christian Dior's creative director Raf Simons brought a "garden of earthly delights" to Paris Fashion Week on Monday, slipping models into luxurious chainmail in a couture collection inspired by mediaeval art and fashion. Sashaying down a lilac catwalk, models in flowing silk taffeta gowns inspired by the Belle Epoque and cowl-necked cloaks in...

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Schiaparelli names new design director

The fashion world was practically praising the gods of every major religion and myth when Schiaparelli announced that they would be reviving the legendary fashion house founded by the woman who once dressed Jacqueline Kennedy. However, reviving the fashion house got off to a rocky start, and former design director Marco Zanini received mixed...

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Schiaparelli's Couture show to go on

Schiaparelli's Couture show will go on this month, in spite of the sudden exit of the fashion house creative director Marco Zanini last November, the label has confirmed. The Paris-based fashion house will host two shows during the upcoming couture week commencing on January 26, according to WWD. One catwalk show will be dedicated to the press,...

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Marco Zanini rumored to have his 'eye on the door' at Schiaparelli

Legendary fashion house Schiaparelli may soon have to start its search for a new creative leader, if the rumours surrounding Marco Zanini potential departure hold some truth. Sources close to the fashion house claim that Zanini is not happy working at the revived brand, which was acquired by the head of Tod's Group, Diego Della Valle in 2007....

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New debuts at Couture Fashion Week

This week there were two new design debuts at the couture shows in Paris; Hussein Chalayan's collection for Vionnet, and Marco Zanini's collection for Schiaparelli. The house of Vionnet has been through several reincarnations, though it originally flourished in the 20s and 30s, before the start of the second world war. Known for its bias cut and...