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☆ True Religion explores a sale as maximalist, Y2K-era styles make a comeback
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The hedge fund that owns True Religion is exploring a sale of the Y2K-era jeans brand as it returns to growth and profitability after emerging from its second bankruptcy, CNBC has learned. It's unclear what valuation True Religion is seeking, but it could sell for a mid single digit multiple of its EBITDA, the people said. Farmstead Capital Management, True Religion's owner, has hired Baird to run the sale process. True Religion went public in 2003 and made headlines for its growth and profits. Buckley, who helmed the company during its 2000s heyday and returned in 2019, has transformed True Religion into a leaner machine.

Persons: Baird, Baird didn't, Juicy Couture, Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Michael Buckley, athleisure, Buckley, Levi Strauss, Levi, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren Organizations: CNBC, Farmstead Capital Management, Saks Fifth, Religion, Nike Locations: Angeles

☆ The “Dune: Part Two” cast’s red carpet looks are out of this world
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Doug Peters/PA Images/Alamy Images/Sipa USATimothée Chalamet in Haider Ackermann at the London premiere. Jeff Spicer/Getty ImagesLea Seydoux in an intricately-embroidered Louis Vuitton gown at the London premiere. Marc Piasecki/Getty ImagesChalamet in Prada at the Mexico City premiere on February 6. Medios y Media/Getty ImagesButler in Saint Laurent in Mexico City. Angel Delgado/Getty ImagesChalamet in Hermès at a Mexico City photocall on February 5.

Persons: ” Law Roach, Zendaya, Rick Owens, Timothée Chalamet, Alexander McQueen, Paul Atreides, Roach, Thierry, Haider Ackermann, Florence Pugh, Valentino, Lea Seydoux, Rebecca Ferguson, Louis Vuitton, Anya Taylor, Joy, Dior, Doug Peters, Chalamet, Mike Marsland, Jeff Spicer, Hannah McKay, Scott A, Thierry Mugler, Daniel Leal, Samir Hussein, Austin Butler, Gucci, Ferguson, Marc Piasecki, Geoffroy Van Der, Pugh, Butler, Angel Delgado, Jaime Nogales Organizations: CNN, Balmain, London, Getty, Reuters, Paris, Chalamet, Givenchy Haute Couture, Couture, Mexico City, photocall Locations: Mexico City, Paris, London, Fendi, Bottega Veneta, Zendaya, Roksanda, Louis, Givenchy Haute, Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP, Prada, Mexico, Saint Laurent, Hermès

Damron’s design rocketing to internet fame is just one story of how women’s fan apparel has found itself in the spotlight. Within a month, that jacket's designer, Kristin Juszczyk, would score a NFL licensing deal. These meteoric success stories have illustrated the potency of a market for women’s sports apparel that merges fashion and fan culture. “I’m glad more of this stuff can start being made,” Robinson, a Black designer who runs Boujee Basics, says. The upfront costs were too steep for another Black designer, De'fron Fobb, 45, who wanted to craft items when the New Orleans Saints made the Super Bowl in 2010.

Persons: Jake Browning’s, Taylor Damron, Browning’s, Stephanie Niles, ” Damron, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce’s, Kristin Juszczyk, Swift, Kyle Juszczyk, Simone Biles, Taylor Lautner, Brittany Mahomes, Juszczyk, ”, Tayler Adigun, Adigun, Mariah Carey, Larena Hoeber, ” Hoeber, “ What’s, ’, Niles, Frankie, Sara Gourlay, Zak Miller, they've, Kristin, she’s, ” Miller, Armour, Kiya Tomlin, Mike Tomlin, Alexis Robinson, “ I’m, ” Robinson, “, it’s, De'fron Fobb, He’s, ‘ We’re Organizations: Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, NFL, National Breast Cancer Foundation, NBA, Baltimore Sun, Sports, University, Regina, Adidas, Nike, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints Locations: Carolina, Baltimore, Louisiana

☆ Here's how the cast of Apple TV+'s 'The New Look' compares to the real-life people they're playing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"The New Look" focuses on the fashion world during and after the Nazi occupation of Paris. Apple TV+'s drama depicts the fashion designer Christian Dior's famed rivalry with Coco Chanel. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementApple TV+'s newest historical drama, "The New Look," focuses on the fashion designer Christian Dior's famed rivalry with Coco Chanel, set against the backdrop of World War II. AdvertisementAlongside Chanel and Dior, the series also weaves in historical figures — some famous, some less so — depicting how the leaders of the fashion world navigated the horrors of World War II.

Persons: Christian Dior's, Coco Chanel, John Malkovich, Glenn Close, Maisie Williams, —, Todd A Kessler, Chanel, Dior —, Lucien Lelong Organizations: Apple, Service, Dior Locations: Nazi, Paris

As always, Browne’s models did not strut a runway but instead were players in his fantasy, walking deliberately and serenely around a wintry wasteland filled with snow and bare trees. Of nearly 50 looks, everything was in black-and-white — typical of Browne's color discipline — with a little gold at the end. In the second, black birds emblazoned a white coat that itself covered a black jacket and skirt. And there was a rare hint of skin for the label — a sheer black blouse covered with roses and a sheer skirt. Indeed, Coon ended it with frightening screams of “Nevermore!” But for Browne and his audience it was Valentine's Day.

Persons: — Thom Browne, Edgar Allan Poe’s, ”, Janet Jackson, Queen Latifah, Browne, Carrie Coon, Lenore, Ginger, —, Hector —, Coon, Andrew Bolton, tromp Organizations: New York, of Fashion Designers of America, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art Locations: Manhattan, Paris

☆ Look of the Week: Zendaya is the latest A-lister to lean into method dressing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. Marco Ugarte/APIt’s the latest in a budding line of sci-fi themed press tour looks turned out by the actor and her longtime stylist Law Roach. Earlier in the week, while sitting front-row at the Schiaparelli couture show, Zendaya was seen in a custom gown from the label’s new season. “Part human, part something else.”Like an alien cephalopod, Zendaya's gown included what looked like a silhouette of suckers. “All her clothes (on the press tour) were inspired by the movie,” Roach told CNN in 2022.

Persons: Zendaya, Marco Ugarte, Law Roach, Mr Spock, ”, Daniel Roseberry, Jeremy Moeller, Drew Barrymore, Suspicion, Margot Robbie’s, catwoman Zoë, Halle Bailey, Edward Berthelot, — Zendaya, ” Roach, “, Olivier Organizations: CNN, Haute Couture, Star, Zendaya Locations: Mexico City, Paris, cardigan, Balmain

☆ How Chanel No. 5 Became a Necklace
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Lindsay Talbot | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In 1920, following the successful launch of her couture house in Biarritz, France, and her subsequent move to Paris’s Rue Cambon, where she opened her flagship boutique, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel decided to create her first fragrance. She commissioned the French Russian perfumer Ernest Beaux to develop “a woman’s perfume, with a woman’s scent” — which, unlike most single-note options of the era, had a bold floral composition. Months later, he presented Chanel with an array of aromatic vials, and she chose the one labeled five. The bottle was topped with a square glass stopper with two interlocking sans-serif C’s, marking the debut of Chanel’s now-iconic logo. In 1924, the stopper was redesigned as a bevel-cut octagon, but it has otherwise remained largely the same for the past century.

Persons: Gabrielle “ Coco ” Chanel, Ernest Beaux, Chanel, Beaux, “, men’s toiletries, —, Boy Capel Locations: Biarritz, France, Russian, Grasse, Madagascar, Brazilian, —, Chanel’s

☆ Miley Cyrus wows Grammy’s red carpet in gold safety-pin dress
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Pop star Miley Cyrus stunned the Grammys red carpet on Sunday by wearing a gown that appeared to be almost entirely made of gold safety pins. The metallic, net-like dress channeled both a 1920s flapper and an Egyptian goddess, its pins intricately arranged to resemble a collar and undergarments. Miley Cyrus poses on the red carpet on her way into the 66th Grammy Awards. Cyrus completed her red carpet look with a pair of yellow tabis, the split-toe shoes that have become a cult favorite among Margiela fans. Kevin Winter/Getty Images“This last year I featured Miley’s wet look for hair,” Recine said, according to a press statement from haircare brand Nexxus.

Persons: Miley Cyrus, Farrah Fawcett, —, Maison, Frazer Harrison, John Galliano, Cyrus ’, Cyrus, Gwendoline Christie, John Galliano's, Guy Marineau, Condé Nast, Pat McGrath —, James Kaliardos, Kaliardos, tresses, Bob Recine, Dolly Parton, Recine, Kevin Winter, ” Recine, Mariah Carey, Bob Mackie, Tina Turner —, Gucci Organizations: CNN, Getty Locations: Maison Margiela, Paris, France

☆ Pat McGrath: How the legendary makeup artist created these looks at the Maison Margiela show
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Claire Coleman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —It’s been more than a week since the looks created by makeup artist Pat McGrath for last week’s Maison Margiela couture show captured collective imaginations, and the internet is still abuzz. The legendary creative — deemed the most influential makeup artist in the world by Vogue magazine — transformed models into living dolls, complete with porcelain skin, pencil-thin eyebrows and strikingly shaded eyes, lips and cheeks. While “glass skin” was all about leaving the face bare but with a glistening sheen, 2020s “dolphin skin” trend took things to the next level. The last decade has seen a range of trends celebrating skin with a high sheen, from so-called "glass skin" to 2022's "glazed donut" look. Pat McGrath LabsLike “glass skin” before it, “dolphin skin” was a sensation on social media, but not everyone was a fan.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Pat McGrath, —, McGrath, Pat, influencers, Mary Phillips, skincare, Andy Millward, Hailey Bieber, Monika, Gemma Chan, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Megan Fox, ” Pat McGrath, Charles Sykes, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Vogue, Maison, Pat McGrath Labs, Margiela, Clio Locations: Korea

☆ T’s Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: Floral Cookware, Scented Matches and More
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Jamie Sims | Jameson Montgomery | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

His routine reminder has become a kind of everyday love language, a small and simple gesture that tells me he cares about my health and well-being. Casa Shop, a home-goods boutique in Richmond, Va., stocks vintage silver pillboxes shaped like candy and strawberries. Tiffany & Co. also offers luxurious sterling silver cases (with the option to personalize them with engraving), as does the Los Angeles-based jewelry designer Sophie Buhai, who fashions hers as a nautilus shell. And Judith Leiber Couture riffs on its signature crystal-clad minaudière handbags with surreal pillboxes disguised as lipsticks, martini glasses and gummy bears. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.

Persons: he’s, I’m, Sophie Buhai, Judith Leiber Couture Organizations: The Locations: Richmond , Va, Los Angeles

☆ TikTok’s ‘Mob wives’ aesthetic is fueling a resurgence of fur
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Yola Mzizi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

This year may bring even more demand due to the explosion of the “mob wives” aesthetic on TikTok. In 2021, Israel became the first country in the world to enact a ban on new fur sales, while Italy and Norway announced they would stop fur farming. ‘Mob wives’ influenceOn TikTok, trends can rise and fall within a matter of weeks, if not days, and “mob wife” is no exception. In the coming months, Spiber said they will partner with a number of brands to develop custom fur products. Leopard print is another key tenet of the 'mob wife' style.

Persons: CNN — Edwards, Edwards, Lowell Furs ’, —, Paul Matsumoto, Natalie Bloomingdale, Raymond Hall, ”, Matsumoto, it’s, Porter, Versace, Prada, Neiman Marcus, Michael Kors, Israel, François, Henri Pinault, Angela Raiola, Drea de Matteo, Adriana La Cerva, Victoria Gotti, John " Junior, Gotti, Ray Tamarra, Mary Altaffer, Mandy Lee, Lee, Emmanuel Dunand, Kayla Marci, “ We’ve, Spiber, Victor Virgile, Callie Clayton, PJ Smith, Smith Organizations: The, Fashion, CNN, Lowell, HBO’s, Everett, Dolce, Gabbana's, Humane Society of, Business Locations: California, Beverly Hills, Edwards, Dua Lipa, New York, Bloomingdale, Canada, Italy, Norway, Paris, AFP, Zara, Milan, Spiber, United States

☆ Why So Many People Can’t Get That Galliano Show Out of Their Heads
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There is a certain irony to the fact that of all the shows that took place during couture last week, the one designed to be the most off-line — the one conceived as an in-person experience rather than as a simple catwalk — is the one that ended up going the most viral. The one that no one seems to be able to stop talking about — not the fashion world, nor its millions of followers. I am speaking of the Maison Margiela Artisanal show by John Galliano. It was sumptuous, excessive, rife with roiling emotion communicated in cloth, with models vamping, skittering and otherwise willing to sacrifice themselves on the pyre of unfettered imagination. It was the sort of immersive show that hasn’t been seen in more than a decade.

Persons: —, John Galliano, ”, Pont Alexandre III, candied, hasn’t Organizations: Maison

☆ Street Style Levels Up to Couture
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Simbarashe Cha | More About Simbarashe Cha | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Couture week is by no means an outlier on the fashion calendar. But this season, the shows seemed to really find their stride with a dialogue that was consistent between the runway and the streets. Street style was especially inspiring with an elegance that departed from the more subdued looks we saw last summer. The inspiration was particularly felt at Jean Paul Gaultier, where the guest designer Simone Rocha debuted her first couture collection. As for Schiaparelli, the show — packed with its usual wall-to-wall celebrities including Jennifer Lopez and Zendaya — opened with a model carrying a sparkly robot baby.

Persons: Jean Paul Gaultier, Simone Rocha, Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya —, Viktor, Rolf, Maison, John Locations: Couture

☆ The Costumes of the Very, Very Rich
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The night of the wolf moon — the first full moon of the new year — also happened to be the last night of the couture, when John Galliano recreated a decaying Paris nightclub in the vaulted caverns beneath Paris’s Pont Alexandre III bridge across the Seine. Crepe paper streamers the color of Madeira wine were draped across walls and dangled from the ceiling amid banged-up wooden bistro chairs and scratched-up tables. At the end, the audience members were so overwrought they didn’t just clap, they stamped their feet hard enough to make the floorboards shake. It has been awhile since anyone had experienced a world-building show quite like it. It looked tortured, in a way that is rarely considered acceptable anymore, and extraordinary at the same time.

Persons: John Galliano, Paris’s Pont Alexandre III, Freddie Mercury, Maison Locations: Paris, Paris’s, Madeira

☆ Paris Couture Week: The most eye-catching looks from the haute couture shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Fiona Sinclair-Scott | Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —How do you begin to talk about something as seemingly frivolous as haute couture fashion against the tumult of today? The bi-annual couture shows in Paris are a showcase of bold ideas from the best fashion designers working today, crafted by some of the world’s most skilled artisans. Practical pockets, but make it Chanel coutureA delicate sheer pocket seen at Chanel's haute couture show. ValentinoWhile there was razzamatazz on the front row courtesy of Stormi Webster, Kylie Jenner’s five-year-old daughter, who made her front row debut, Valentino’s couture collection incarnation was relatively understated. Raw elegance at Maison MargielaJohn Galliano's couture collection for Maison Margiela was fantastical and theatrical, fittingly taking place under the first full moon of the year.

Persons: Chanel, ”, Schiaparelli, Giovanni Giannoni, Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Pat McGrath, Pascal Le Segretain, Margaret Qualley, Pieter Mulier, Valentino, Stormi Webster, Kylie Jenner’s, Gaurav Gupta Gaurav, Thomas Samson, Guarav Gupta, Kim Jones, Karl Lagerfeld's, Peter White, Karl Lagerfeld’s, Victor Virgile, Maison, Maison Margiela John Galliano's, Maison Margiela, Gao Jing, John Galliano, Gwendoline Christie, John Galliano's, Martin Margiela, Gwendoline Christie sauntering Organizations: CNN, Paris Couture, Spring, Petit Palais, Maison Margiela, Zuma Press Locations: Paris, Chanel, AFP, Xinhua

☆ Rihanna, Natalie Portman, Kylie Jenner, Zendaya and More Gallivant in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Elizabeth Paton | More About Elizabeth Paton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Haute couture is a celebration of artisanship — and one-upmanship — as the world’s top fashion houses gather in Paris to compete with one another and show off new designs. So, too, with the celebrities and socialites on the front row, who also have something to sell — movies, music, reality television, cosmetics. The season this week has been no exception, as a constellation of stars in some seriously flashy wares descended on the runway shows. Here is what — and who — was there. Jennifer Lopez was everywhere.

Persons: artisanship, —, Jennifer Lopez Locations: Paris

PARIS (AP) — As the Paris spring couture shows entered their third day, Jennifer Lopez ensured that the power of runway designs were matched by the power of a VIP audience. The singer and actress energized the Palais de Tokyo, arriving at the last minute for Elie Saab's show amid pandemonium. Haute couture — the fashion industry’s ideas factory — is the age-old tradition of producing exorbitantly priced, made-to-measure garments for the world’s richest women. NAKAZATO’S ‘BLOOD WEDDING’In a display that could be described as a theatrical “blood wedding,” Yuima Nakazato’s latest couture show intentionally left an eerie feeling. Nakazato, known for his boundary-pushing creativity, delved into the darker realms of fashion for spring.

Persons: Jennifer Lopez, Elie Saab's, Lopez marveled —, ” Yuima Organizations: PARIS, Palais, Saab Locations: Paris, Tokyo, Marrakech

☆ In Paris, Stars Going Shopping
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | More About Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Qualley has the Grammys, with her musician-husband Jack Antonoff, looming on her calendar next month. Still, even off the red carpet, couture is having something of a movie moment. Both series focus on the idea of the couture as a riposte to the horrors and deprivation of the war; a clarion call of humanity. Given what is going on in the world, you can understand why filmmakers — and the designers who love them — might think it was a good time to revisit this particular period. In any case, it’s all starting to seem a lot like life imitating art imitating life.

Persons: Virginie Viard, Margaret Qualley, Qualley, Jack Antonoff, Glenn Close, Juliette Binoche, Chanel, Binoche, Coco Chanel, Carmel Snow, ”, Dior, — Organizations: Apple, Disney Locations: Spanish, Europe, United States

☆ Celebrities at the Spring-Summer 2024 Paris Couture shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Look of the Week: Kim Kardashian steps into Balenciaga ambassadorship in ‘pantaleggings’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Get ready for another parade of Kim Kardashian in black spandex ensembles. (Kardashian is photographed in her own enormous handbag closet, along with her own collection of nearly 130 Balenciaga bags.) The “Closet Campaign” feels like a soft launch rather than a big splash for the new partnership, but is still stirring buzz. From left: Nicola Peltz and Paloma Elsesser in imagery from Balenciaga's new" Closet Campaign." Days later, Kardashian called the images “disturbing” on social media and said she was “re-evaluating” her relationship with the house.

Persons: CNN —, Kim Kardashian, Balenciaga, Kardashian, Kate Moss, Demna Gvasalia, Demna, Inez, Vinoodh, Nicola Peltz —, Regina George, Paloma Elsesser, Nicola Peltz, —, — Balenciaga, “, Kendall Jenner, ” Organizations: CNN, Haute Couture, United Locations: Balenciaga, United States, Los Angeles

☆ Bernard Arnault, the world's 3rd-richest person, is set to appoint 2 more of his children to the LVMH board
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewBernard Arnault, the world's third-richest person, is set to appoint two more of his children to LVMH's board, France's La Lettre first reported. The French billionaire plans to propose his sons Alexandre Arnault, 31, and Frédéric Arnault, 29, as board members, the reports say, quoting unnamed sources. Four of Arnault's five children will sit on the LVMH board if their appointments are confirmed. Arnault cofounded LVMH in the 1980s and is its CEO and chairman. In May 2023, he became the third person to be worth more than $200 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Persons: —, Bernard Arnault, France's, Alexandre Arnault, Frédéric Arnault, Delphine, Bernard's, Antoine, It's, Arnault hasn't, LVMH, Alexandre, Vianney Le Caer, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Marc Jacobs, LVMH didn't, Donald Trump, he'd, Frédéric, Delphie, Dior Couture, Jean, Louis Vuitton's, Arnault, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, Business, Novo Nordisk, Tiffany, New York Times, Mar, TAG, Christian Dior, Elon Locations: French, Danish, Swiss, LVMH

☆ The Cosmic Genius of Iris Van Herpen
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Possible that said couture show is not an invitation-only affair with gold ballroom chairs and the latest celebrity du jour, but rather one open to the public. “Iris Van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses,” a one-woman exhibition that opened at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in late November and scheduled to run through April 28. Five years in the making, “Sculpting the Senses” crystallizes why Ms. Van Herpen, 39, is the youngest female designer to be granted a solo show at the museum in its 140 years of existence. And why, more than a decade after being invited to join the ranks of Paris’s couturiers, Ms. Van Herpen has also been made a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, an honor presented by the French Ministry of Culture. “She has managed to create a unique world, somewhere between fairy tale and science fiction,” said Christine Macel, director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.

Persons: Iris Van Herpen, Van Herpen, Paris’s couturiers, ”, Christine Macel Organizations: Décoratifs, Paris’s, des, French Ministry of Culture, Arts Locations: Paris, “

☆ Paris Fashion Week: The best dressed stars at the Haute Couture shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Celebrities, editors and designers are congregating in Paris this week for the hotly anticipated Spring-Summer 2024 collections at Haute Couture Fashion Week, which showcases the industry’s most elite and decadent looks — both on and off the catwalks. The week kicked off on Schiaparelli’s runway, and the stars were out in full force. Also in attendance, Jennifer Lopez commanded attention in an elaborate petaled white coat, paired with opulent surrealist-style gold eyebrow glasses and chunky golden jewelry. They were joined by Natalie Portman, Ali Wong and Elizabeth Debicki, among others, to take in the house’s latest Haute Couture collection. Here are some of our favorite fixtures from the front row so far.

Persons: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jennifer Lopez, Dior, Rihanna, Anya Taylor, Joy, Natalie Portman, Ali Wong, Elizabeth Debicki Organizations: CNN, Haute Couture Locations: Paris

☆ Paris Fashion Week: What we saw at the Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Samantha Tse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Paris CNN —The Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows in Paris saw the return of Balmain Homme after a four-year absence, Givenchy’s first collection since Matthew Williams’ departure and the runway debut of fashion company 032c. Je T’imbsParis fell hard for Timberland’s iconic six-inch yellow boots last week, in what is the heritage American brand’s 50th anniversary year. They look Black, they look Native American.”Shoes as armorIn many collections this season, sneakers were swapped for more formal footwear options. Models at Balmain Homme wore shiny black block-heeled boots encrusted with crystal detailing or monochrome square-toed wingtip boots with loose-cut trousers in bold colors. Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev provided inspiration from the ground up for Kim Jones' Dior Homme collection.

Persons: Givenchy’s, Matthew Williams, Aaliyah, Tupac, B.I.G —, Louis Vuitton, Wales Bonner, Vuitton, Francois Durand, Pharrell Williams, Timbs ”, ”, Maisie Willoughby, “ Howard ”, Ik, Rhude, Mike Amiri, Grandpa cardigans, Louis, ” Williams, “, Shutterstock, Rick Owens, Valerio Mezzanotti, Van Noten, Kim Jones, Dior Homme, Straytukay, Owens, Balletcore, Balletcore ”, Dior, Rudolf Nureyev, Jones ’, Colin Jones, Jones, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli, Valentino, Pierpaolo, Givenchy —, Matthew M, Williams, —, Hubert de Givenchy’s Organizations: Paris CNN, Balmain Homme, American, Louis, Getty, Vuitton, Wales, Ivy, Black Howard University, Lakota, Vogue Locations: Paris, Italy, Washington, Wales, American, Los Angeles, Amiri's, Dakota, Van, Belgian, London, Russian, Givenchy

PARIS (AP) — An air of surrealism enveloped Chanel’s Spring Couture show Tuesday as celebrity guests including Naomi Campbell and Kendrick Lamar faced a navigational challenge: walking past a towering pair of open metal scissors. Here are some highlights of Tuesday’s spring couture shows:BUTTONS AND BALLETThe button is a humble icon, but it was not always so. Viard used the button-jewels as a spice for the drama of the ballet stage, scattering them across contrasting and often segmented silhouettes. The house was keenly aware of its history: 2024 marks a century since Coco Chanel first ventured into ballet design. In a world that often seeks the innovative, Mabille reminds us of the enduring allure of classic couture.

Persons: Naomi Campbell, Kendrick Lamar, Baz Luhrmann, Gabrielle “ Coco ” Chanel, “, Virginie Viard, Viard, Coco Chanel, Léon Bakst, Sergei Diaghilev, Chanel, ” Viard, Karl Lagerfeld, didn’t, Margaret Qualley, Andie MacDowell, Dave Free, Barbra Streisand’s, ”, Rue, Anna Mouglalis, Alexis Mabille Organizations: PARIS, Palais, Russes, Rue Cambon Locations: Paris

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