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Style Bite // SS14 couture trends: Why we’re wearing them now

by Laura Markwardt / 2 Comments

New-school couture is a modern profit-making business. The global market for hyper-luxe nuggets of artisanal brilliance is now more youthful, fast moving and varied than ever. Forget selecting investment pieces for your in-house archive. That’s old news. Buyers who want to stand-up, sit-down or even walk in a straight line are demanding more wearable pieces. […]

Jean Paul Gaultier’s Amy Winehouse inspired S/S’12 couture collection // Yes or no (no no)?

by Natalie Wall / 2 Comments

I’m in two minds about Jean Paul Gaultier’s Amy Winehouse-inspired spring/summer 2012 haute couture show at Paris Fashion Week yesterday. Part of me loved the cheeky fashion tribute to Winehouse: the models sporting her signature towering beehive barnet with heavy eyeliner flicks, fake beauty spots and smoking fags whilst tottering down the runway in the highest […]

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