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Tony Ward Haute Couture Spring 2023 Show
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Miss Sohee Couture Spring 2023

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For her first show at Paris Couture Week, Sohee Park picked a venue with a storied history: the grand ballroom at the Westin Paris-Vendôme, where Yves Saint Laurent used to present his collections, back when it was still known as the Inter-Continental.
It was a bold way to introduce her Miss Sohee brand, which launched in 2020 and last year showed in Milan with the support of Dolce & Gabbana. “I've always wanted to show in Paris,” the South Korean designer said backstage. “It's a very meaningful moment.”
Her spring lineup was inspired by the change of seasons, with lavish embroideries of...
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Yuima Nakazato Couture Spring 2023

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It was a research trip to Kenya - and its mountains of clothing waste from the Western world - that fired Yuima Nakazato's imagination this season. Ever the explorer of the technical possibilities of textile in his otherworldly designs, Nakazato sent some back home, and had them woven into new fabrics to create his collection, which paid tribute to the draped and wrapped garments of Africa.
It was also a comment on the climate crisis, based on conversations with the tribespeople he met on his travels last October. “I knew before, from information in the media, but I felt the reality when I...
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RVDK Ronald van der Kemp Couture Spring 2023

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At RVDK, guests arrived at the Dutch ambassador's Paris residence amid red smoke, sirens and Kim Kardashian's voice repeating ad nauseam that she has “thousands and thousands of clothes,” tallying some 30,000 items.
That sound bite had gotten under the Dutch designer's skin. “People like Kim Kardashian could change the world. They're bigger than Michelle Obama in terms of influence, so do something good with it. The whole world is in turmoil,” he said backstage before a spring show he deemed a happening.
As a result, he started to question the “whole idea of fashion shows” and of...
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Giorgio Armani Privé Couture Spring 2023

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Diamonds in the rough? Not at Armani Privé, where colorful, harlequin-inspired motifs were etched with precision across Giorgio Armani's vast runway set and on his shiny and very sparkly spring couture collection.
It's unusual, and more than a little risky, to build an entire fashion show around one pattern - prints being so personal - but Armani wasn't joking around with this harlequin-palooza, splashing elongated squares on the vast majority of his 77 exits, and even adding a Pierrot neck ruff here and there.
In a couture season that's been shy on color, lavish ornamentation and daring...
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