“I’ve always been a girls’ girl. All of my friends are women,” Victoria Beckham said at a preview of her latest collection, shown in Paris on Friday evening. “I make clothes that they want to wear and that I want to wear.”
In Paris, female designers are pushing back against an industry which has been sliding back into patriarchal control. A series of influential creative director roles in womenswear being awarded to men, most notably the appointment of Seán McGirr to replace the outgoing Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, has provoked criticism that fashion is being mansplained to women.
Beckham…
STAR STUDDED: An eclectic mix of celebrities caused a commotion outside of the Dior show Friday, with crowds lining the streets for Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and NewJeans’ member Haerin.
K-pop royalty TXT and Haerin arrived just as British Princess Eugenie was trying to find her seat. Kate Moss sat next to TXT’s Yeonjun, but the two didn’t interact, instead both turning their cameras on the runway show.
Kim Jones created a magical, mirrored world inside Paris École Militaire for Dior’s Paris Fashion Week show with a spinning stage and a starry sky that dazzled guests.
It was a way…
This week, fashion’s headlines spanned collaborations, runway shows, awards, campaigns and ambassadorships.
Among the most-discussed, leaks confirmed that a Supreme x MM6 Maison Margiela collaboration is in the works for the Spring/Summer 2024 season. Elsewhere, Kering Group reported that Gucci’s sales fell by 4% in the fourth quarter of last year, and the LVMH Prize revealed this year’s semifinalists. Gap Inc. named Zac Posen its new creative director; Jacquemus set the date and location for his 15th-anniversary runway, and Hiroshi Fujiwara revealed that he has an autobiography in the works.
Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top fashion stories of…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Dries Van Noten, one of Belgium’s most famous fashion designers, said on Tuesday he will step down at the end of June after designing his last collection and will appoint his successor at a later date.
The designer, 65, said in a post on his Instagram account that he plans to focus “on all the things (he) never has the time for”, although will remain “involved in the House” he “treasures so much”.
The upcoming men’s spring/summer 2025 collection will be his last, Van Noten said, adding that his studio team will design the fashion house’s spring/summer…
STYLE SETTER: Rarely do models smile on the runway, and that remained true at Chanel’s Tuesday couture show.
But Margaret Qualley is not a model, and the trained dancer and actress beamed as she opened the show and strutted on the soft, creamy-carpeted runway.
“I didn’t want to fall down, and I succeeded at that, so I’m happy,” she said coming out of the show. She worked on her walk when she arrived in Paris.
“Last night I was in my pajamas and I asked Chanel to borrow some heels — because I never wear heels — and I walked…