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Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

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Celine Fall 2014

Hot Fuzz

It seems as though there hasn’t been a single designer who hasn’t shown fur (real or faux) on the runway. It was looking like the shearling would be the coat of the season, but leopard prints are also gaining ground. Both Chloé and Céline showed calf-grazing versions. Leopard is going to be big news in footwear too. Tabitha Simmons is working with it for the first time and splashed the spots across heels, booties and flats.

Celine Fall 2014

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Chloe Fall 2014

Chloe Fall 2014

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Givenchy Fall 2014

Red

Designers are seeing red. Whether it was a full monochromatic look like the fur jacket and wide leg pant at Akris, a big block courtesy of an asymmetrically cut skirt at Dior or a shot of colour from a carefully placed panel at Givenchy, scarlet is shaping up to be one if the most important shades.

Givenchy Fall 2014

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Christian Dior Fall 2014

Christian Dior Fall 2014

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Kenzo Fall 2014

Optic Prints

Moving away from hyper real photo prints, designers are playing with modified graphic arts. Kenzo is leading the pack with colourful clashing prints, but Acne also debuted psychedelic swirls and Chloé printed black and white waves on skirts and dresses.

Kenzo Fall 2014

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Acne Fall 2014

Acne Fall 2014

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Celine Fall 2014

Sweater Dressing

This isn’t as simple as pulling on a sweater. Marc Jacobs kicked off the trend in New York, but it’s traveled across the Atlantic too. Phoebe Philo‘s head to toe knit looks complete with tunic and pants were as cozy as it gets at Céline. Kenzo did an embellished version with a swingy skirt and several designers including Balenciaga and Viktor & Rolf have riffed on the classic cable in new ways.

Celine Fall 2014

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Viktor & Rolf Fall 2014

Viktor & Rolf Fall 2014

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Lanvin Fall 2014

Fringe

I was obsessed with Gucci’s flyaway fringe bags for spring, but it looks like I’ll have a lot more to love come fall. At the Lanvin re-see, I spied long panels of thin strings hanging from colour blocked dresses and elbow length gloves. A day earlier, Roland Mouret cut leather strips on dresses to dance between models’ legs as they walked. Andrew Gn coated gown bodices with strands of beads that swung like fringe. Not to mention all of the feathery effects too (Céline’s coats were particularly stunning). And the shoe showrooms are full of fringe too. Aquazzura‘s Texas-inspired styles and Alexandre Birman‘s veiled heels were standouts.

Lanvin Fall 2014

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Roland Mouret Fall 2014

Roland Mouret Fall 2014

Life in Paris slows over the weekend to allow for leisurely strolls and sipping coffees in corner cafés, but the shows must go on and fashion’s power players kept pace. Saturday and Sunday’s schedules included some of Paris’ most influential designers including Givenchy, Céline, Chloé and Kenzo. The city of lights’ brightest stars didn’t disappoint—here’s our update of the five hottest trends to come off the runways so far at Paris Fashion Week Fall 2014:

See the Emmys 2013 red carpet gallery »

The Primetime Emmy Awards were held last night in L.A. drawing the stars of our favourite highly addictive shows. From Kerry to Carrie and beyond, the red carpet was lined with gown after gown of the most feminine pinks, vibrant blues and fresh off the runway pieces.

Making a simple but bold statement with fall’s pink trend, Rose Byrne showed clean lines in a petal pink Calvin Klein cropped two-piece as did January Jones in a textured Spring 2014 Givenchy strapless gown by Riccardo Tisci. Sisters Zooey and Emily Deschanel wore similarly hued gowns by J.Mendel and Houghton as they presented an award onstage. Blue was also popular for Tina Fey and Allison Williams, who worked cobalt blue in Narsico Rodriguez and Ralph Lauren respectively.

Our Emmys 2013 standouts include the ever-smoldering Sofia Vergara whose mind-blowing curves left us with body envy. The Modern Family star sizzled in a crimson Vera Wang gown and emerald Lorraine Schwartz earrings. Claire Danes, who walked away with a coveted Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama, was delicate in an off white Armani Privé Fall 2013 gown.

Accompanying the glamour came an evening chock full of surprises, laughs and unforgettable acceptance speeches. Memorable moments include the host Neil Patrick Harris’s mid-show musical number, Michael Douglas’s Liberace-esque speech and the funny and casually dressed Will Ferrell. With the best leading ladies in primetime television satisfying our sartorial needs on the red carpet and dapper gents as far as the eye could see at the Emmys 2013, glamour was definitely in the air!

Who was your favourite of the evening?

The new wave of head-to-toe black looks in slick leathers and decadent fabrics casts a dark shadow over the season.

See this trend on the runway »

Twilight has fallen over spring’s garden of flirty ’50s looks, light-as-air fabrics and sugar-dusted pastels. Fall 2012 takes fashion in a darker direction, more easily defined by a mood than a trend. Black, in all its textural incarnations (patent leather, velvet, wool, fur, satin) rolled over the runways from New York to Paris like an impending storm cloud, urging us to take cover. But are these dark clothes for dark times? We haven’t experienced this level of sartorial sobriety since Fall 2009, when austerity reigned supreme as the result of a volatile stock market. This season, coverage is king (again) but there’s an underlying strength and sexiness to it this time around. 

Call it the Rooney Mara effect: Gareth Pugh, Riccardo Tisci and Ann Demeulemeester channelled Stieg Larsson’s anti-heroine, Lisbeth Salander, with their strict, second-skin leather looks. No ink or piercings required, just confidence with a capital C. At Pugh, there were loads of skinny leather trousers; at Givenchy, a body-con turtleneck dress that flared below the hips looked like it was composed of latex; and at Demeulemeester, construction, shape and architecture leapt from the shadows into the spotlight. Part apocalyptic warrior, part goth, part badass hacker, this moody message also contains whispers of the erotic, as witnessed at Viktor & Rolf’s partial peep show. Jean Paul Gaultier brought street style to a dark place, pairing a deconstructed two-tone moto jacket with a razor-sharp pencil skirt. Donatella Versace resurrected the idea of protection with her lineup of crucifix-embellished coats and sweaters, chain-mail dresses and armour-like corsets. These sinfully good elements were reminiscent of her late brother’s final collection in 1996. Clearly, sex and religion never go out of style.

View the sleeve and shoulder trend in action »

We need to talk about sleeves. Shoulders too, but first sleeves.

There is a majorly mannish tailoring trend forming at the Fall 2012 shows in Paris, but what keeps it from being dull is that the designers are having fun with sleeves.

Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci cut his sleeves short and wide for boxy jackets and colour-blocked furs. We’ll surely be seeing these goods on Alicia Keys and the other stars who were in his front row.

There were striped knit sleeves on wool coats at Kenzo (made ultra-cool thanks to designers and Opening Ceremony co-founders Humberto Leon and Carol Lim).

Paris Fashion Week is a fairytale, though my battered and blistered feet might indicate otherwise. From the characters to the costumes to the sets, every sunrise here marks the beginning of another magical chapter. So, it wasn’t all that surprising when a bona fide Princess (Charlene Wittstock, Prince Albert of Monaco’s new bride) walked into […]

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At Andrew Gn (cool daywear in black, tweed, copper and white made edgy with leather and snake trims and massive earrings, and uber-glam eveningwear like miles of belted column dresses) I bump into Nicholas Mellamphy who recently had to shutter his cool Yorkville boutique Hazel. Guess what? Now he’s working for the Bay as part of their new fashion-forward strategy. Look out, Holts!