It’s here folks. If you are die hard you may have spotted it on the Web already, but Rihanna’s Vogue Italia couture spread has found it was to the illustrious pages of the Fashion Cult*. And where better to display the incredibly decadent shots of one of the world’s biggest pop stars? Thanks to...
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The Cult reported last spring that designer Thierry Mugler had been charged with creating pop star Beyonce’s look for her current world tour. Recall the sketches…
Well there must something in the couture water, because Jean Paul Gaultier showed something awfully similar for the Fall 2009 Couture collection. But we won’t hold it against...
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As much as I prefer Fall RTW over Spring, I do Spring Couture over Fall. Still the couture hows in paris this week have had some stellar highlights, including a beautiful (if not entirely original) show from newcomer Alexis Mabille. See the gallery below for Cult picks from Mabille, Chanel, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, Armani...
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Another fashion patriarch has passed:
PARIS – Jean-Claude de Givenchy, once head of Givenchy’s couture and fragrance businesses, died on May 18 in Cannes, France, of cancer. He was 84.
De Givenchy was born in 1925 in Beauvais, France. He began working with his brother Hubert de Givenchy soon after the Givenchy fashion house was opened...
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I don’t care for the makeup on these models. With the exception of the black girl, they all look three days dead. However, I did love the impressive range shown in this collection. It has a rugged by optimistic future feel to it. We love.
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Yes. This is the kind of fashion makes you catch your breath mid draw and want to kneel in reverence. Just look at the exquisite detail on the bodices. If only I could collect such art. And yet, there’s not a single piece here I would ever dream of wearing. Still, Valentino is vying...
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I’m nearly speechless. Yes, my tastes of late are much more streamlined and simple, but I can still appreciate wild – when it’s done right! These Christain Lacroix pieces, on the other hand are just a scary mess! I am literally shocked. Obviously, garish&gaudy was the running theme: just look at the rug,...
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Chanel’s spring couture this year is… pretty, I suppose. Nothing to swoon over, however. In my eyes, the headgear completely overshadowed the clothing.
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It’s a rare occasion that I start a runway post with the designer. But it is the great Galliano. Usually it’s his over the top drama that I love so much, but this season, I’m in awe the understated cuts.
A dress like this could make me want to get married… for a day.
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There are some painfully fugly looks on the Armani Prive Couture runway for Spring… but, since in 2009 your Priestess is commited to focusing only on the positive, we’ll just have a peek at what was good.
Of course there was the expected hyper-tailored blazers with seams so sharp they could cut a Christmas ham,...
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