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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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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Balmain celebrates the kings of African elegance with surprise guest Naomi Campbell

Translated by Roberta HERRERA Published Jan 22, 2024 Balmain has successfully made its comeback to the men’s runways. The French luxury house, which had not showcased its men’s collection for several years, unveiled a dazzling and explosive fashion show on Saturday evening at the Grande Halle de la Villette. The collection drew inspiration from African […]

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Paris gang arrested over Balmain fashion robbery

By AFP Published Jan 17, 2024 Six people have been arrested over the theft of some 50 items from French luxury brand Balmain last September that almost derailed its Paris Fashion Week show, a police source said Wednesday. See catwalkBalmain – Spring-Summer2024 – Womenswear – Paris – © Launchmetrics The men, all aged in their […]

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