Jean Paul Gaultier names Duran Lantink new permanent creative chief for RTW, couture

Jean Paul Gaultier is gearing up to make a bigger impact on both ready-to-wear and couture with owner Puig naming Duran Lantink as its permanent creative director. Duran Lantink. Photo by Walter Pfeiffer – DR The new creative chief’s first RTW collection for the label will be for SS26, showing in September. The equivalent couture […]

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Véronique Gautier steps down as global president

Translated by Nicola Mira Published Jan 31, 2024 Véronique Gautier, global president of Armani Beauty since 2010, has announced she is stepping down from the role and leaving the L’Oréal Group, which has held the Italian label’s beauty products’ licence since 1988. The Acqua di Gio Absolu perfume – DR “Time has come to say […]

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Will Hendrick’s Gin and Wiederhoeft new collaboration spark a new marketing craze?

Valentine‘s Day has become a marketing boon; many sectors like beauty, floral, hospitality, fashion, and wine and spirit amp up love-themed merch and promos for the February holiday. Courtesy The latter has forged alliances throughout the year, making them not-so-strange bedfellows. Until recently, those generally meant liquor brands sponsored fashion events. A new collaboration called […]

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Jean-Paul Gaultier haute couture by Simon Rocha

Talk about a new entente cordiale. A meeting of the enfant terrible of Paris fashion Jean-Paul Gaultier and the high priestess of tough romanticism, Irish-born Simon Rocha, in a haute couture collection of exceptional quality and creativity. See catwalkJean Paul Gaultier – Spring-Summer2024 – Haute Couture – France – Paris – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Rocha riffing precisely […]

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Paris couture opens Monday, Pascal Morand outlines its continuing importance

Fashion’s highest expression of creativity – the Paris haute couture season – kicks off Monday morning, with the profession rarely in finer fettle. Pascal Morand outlines its continued importance. Pascal Morand – Pascal Montary  There is ever increasing competition to win a coveted place on the official calendar, dominated by some of the most legendary […]

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