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Fashion, lifestyle and design in Paris and Los Angeles. Divergence as a way of life.

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#NewNina – @NinaRicci appoints the 2018 Hyères laureates, Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh, as its new artistic directors.

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#MarinaIsBack – After 13 years, Marina Yee – one of the Antwerp Six – is back with an exhibition at Laila Tokio in Tokyo, where 5 new designs will be displayed amongst rare archives and selected artworks.

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#OldMadeNewAgain – Bloomsbury collaborates with YNAP to make rare fashion shows images shot between in 1979 and 2003, prior to the numeric era, available in streaming.

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CFDAVogueFashionFund – The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund has announced its finalists: Batsheva, Bode, Christian Cowan, Hunting Season, Jonathan Cohen, Luar, Matthew Adams Dolan, Pyer Moss, Rebecca de Ravenel et Scosha. Results will be revealed on November 5th.

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Palais Galliera will be closed for the next year and a half, to build an underground galerie of 670 square meters, reopening is set for December 2019. Until then, the museum curates « The back, fashion from behind » an exhibition presented first in Brussels, then in Paris.

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#CarloBenetton – Carlo Benetton, the youngest of the siblings behind United Colors of Benetton passed away at age 74.

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#Punkberry – Recently appointed artistic director of Burberry, Riccardo Tisci announced on Instagram the British brand’s upcoming collaboration with Mother of Punk, Vivienne Westwood.

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#MenByPrigent – @LoicPrigent directs “Stylish Men” a new documentary for French/German network Arte, revolving around menswear and asking “what is sexy for a man?“. Airing July 8, then available for 60 days in replay.

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#UnderTheSea – STUDIOKCA transformed 5 tons of plastic waste found in the Pacific ocean into a four story high wale sculpture rising from the Bruges canal.

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#DiorGoesToLondon – After its huge success in Paris, the exhibition “Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams” will be presented in London at the Victoria and Albert Museum from February 2 to July 14 2019.

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#LightUpTheSky – The 4th of July celebration is getting an update this year! In California, instead of the usual Travis Air Force base fireworks – a tradition that started in 1777, 500 drones will perform a choreographed light show.

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Dries Van Noten vend une majorité des parts de la marque au groupe espagnol Puig. La Maison restera basée à Anvers, et Van Noten continuera ses travaux de directeur artistique.

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#PVAwards – Olivier Theyskens will preside the 10th PV Awards, awarded during the professional trade show Première Vision.

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#PAINTITRED
The Parisian Court or Appeal recognized Christian Louboutin’s exclusivity on red soles.

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Starting with spring-summer 2019, Haider Ackermann will bring together his menswear and womenswear collections in a single show.

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#LeFreakCestGaultier – Jean Paul Gaultier chose Niles Rodger to create the soundtrack of his Fashion Freak Show. Premiering at the Folies Bergères on September 18.

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#KayrouzMalbecMatta – During May, Maison Rabih Kayrouz hosts a one of a kind three-party exhibitions featuring Pierre Malbec’s paintings, along with ceramics by Hala Matta and unique dresses by Rabih Kayrouz inspired by them.

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#OutOfTheBox – Cube Haus invited David Adjaye, Faye Toogood, Carl Turner Architects and Skene Catling de la Peña to imagine cubic modulable houses to disrupt the existing housing market.

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#GeorgiaOnMyMind – For its 94th edition, Pitti Uomo honors Georgia as its guest country, and invites six designers to show in Florence in June.

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#HubertDeGivenchy – The passing of Hubert de Givenchy was announced today. He passed away Saturday night, he was 91.