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legends Jan. 26, 2017

85-Year-Old Model Carmen Dell’Orefice Closed a Couture ShowIn flaming-red feathers and a crown.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes Jan. 25, 2017

Viktor & Rolf Turned Old, Worn Gowns Into Couture CollagesHaute recycling.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes Jan. 24, 2017

Vetements Gave All Its Invitees Fake IDs for Today’s ShowFinding new ways to make couture week transgressive.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes Jan. 24, 2017

Chanel Showed Sparkling Couture Inside a Hall of MirrorsAnd house favorite Lily-Rose Depp closed the show.

By Véronique Hyland
glitter!!!!!! Jan. 23, 2017

Have Dark Eye Circles? Dior Shows You How to Put Some Glitter on ItWho needs concealer?

By Kathleen Hou
haute takes Jan. 23, 2017

Maria Grazia Chiuri Made Her Dior Couture Debut Amid an Enchanted Forest SetFairy-tale fashion.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes July 5, 2016

Celine Dion Is Owning Paris Couture Week Right NowShe’s reinventing herself, with help from Zendaya’s stylist.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes Apr. 1, 2016

How Hedi Slimane Tried to Remake Luxury in His Own ImageLove him or hate him, he’s had quite the impact.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes Jan. 26, 2016

Is Couture More Relevant Than You Think?Designer Yacine Aouadi, who landed the slot right next to Chanel, says it is.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes Oct. 26, 2015

Fashion Is Moving Too Fast, and It’s Killing CreativityRaf Simons is far from the first to decry the breakneck pace of the industry.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes July 8, 2015

Can You Transform Plastic and Burlap Into Couture?A left-field take on traditional craftsmanship at Margiela, and canvases turned dresses at Viktor & Rolf.

By Véronique Hyland
scene stealers July 8, 2015

The Couture-iest Street Style at the Couture ShowsParisian heat be damned.

By YoungJun Koo
haute takes July 7, 2015

Armani and Chanel Played Up Couture’s Inherent GlitzWhile Bouchra Jarrar offered a more minimalist take on the motif.

By Véronique Hyland
dispatches from couture July 7, 2015

Couture Is the Ultimate Canvas for CreativityFreed from market demands, designers get to tell elaborate stories with clothes.

By Alice Cavanagh
haute takes July 6, 2015

Raf Simons Complicates ‘Pretty’ at Dior CoutureThe designer delivered a flower-soaked meditation on decadence.

By Véronique Hyland
haute takes Jan. 29, 2015

Couture Left Reality in the Dust This SeasonAnd reclaimed its right to overt fantasy.

By Véronique Hyland