Tribute to Yves Saint Laurent, after the design genius dies…

We have learnt it turning on the TV this morning, Yves Saint Laurent has died at 11:30 pm, at the age of 71,  last night in Paris (France), six years after having presented his last Haute Couture runway show.

Womenswear Fall 2008: Fashion Trends Analysis

In a series of wonderful posts, FashionReporters.com, proposes their analysis of Fall 2008 Trends. Fashion writer Jean Paul Cauvin gives his insider’s views after Paris Fashion Week. Fashion professionnals and fashionistas alike will get a clearer picture of the main womenswear trends after reading for instance :

Katoucha’s Body found… Family asking for new Autopsy

In a post earlier today, FashionReporters’ News is revealing that, after the discovery of Katoucha’s corpse in Paris on February 28, the police concluded that it was an accident to cause her death. However, the late supermodel’s family is having doubts about the occasion which caused her death and has asked one of France’s most famous lawyers to file for a further inquiry by a judge.

Ramosport’s New Creative Director : Julien Fournié

Ramosport has been creating since 1905 outerwear clothing in the spirit of casual luxury.
The house’s creations do ally the know-how specific to outerwear and the innovative Parisian creative spirit. Retailing in 400 exclusive shops, plus at Le Printemps, Neiman Marcus…. Ramosport also has its own boutiques in Paris.  The company recently opened a flagship store in Beijing (China).

The management of Ramosport has announced during Paris Fashion Week that Julien Fournié , one of Fashionmafia’s favorite fashion designers, has been named the company’s Creative Director. He is now the head designer for all Ramosport womenswear, menswear and accessories collections.

Julien Fournié for Torrente Haute Couture Full Runway Show Spring 2004

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Julien Fournié for Torrente Prêt-à-Porter Full Runway Show Fall 2004

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Fashion Photographers To Respect Runway Show Copyright!

In a post published today, FashionReporters, reveals that, the last judgement of the French Supreme Court has rejected the appeal that some photographers had made againts the parties suing them -Chanel, Dior, Vuitton, Loewe, Gaultier and Hermes- because they had distributed the photos that they were allowed to make in 2003 at Paris Fashion Week to a website which was not on their list!

Halston, a Rebirth or a Funeral Collection at New York Fashion Week?

We were so surprised to see the video of the Halston Fall-Winter 2008/2009 [here] . Where is the American brand’s DNA? If Marco Zanini was so much looking for “modernity”, if he was so much trying to express minimalism, after beingDonatella Versace’s assitant for a quite some time, he should have started his very own line, but not take the creative helm at Halston. Even Liza Minelli, sitting front row and called to play her part of “I knew Halston very well and I admire the new designer…” couldn’t help but say: ” Maybe Halston would have put a little more jewellery…” Surely, a collection which, despite all the Hollywood fuss around it, was a deception in the eyes of many fashionistas who do not tolerate being fooled…. [Watch the video here]

A Charity for Haute Couture???

It’s called the “Haute Couture Protection Guild“, it was founded six months ago around the idea of a Parisian Paradox by five friends to help Haute Couture survive! The paradox must lie in the gap between gowns that sell for several hundreds of thousands of US dollars to the super rich and a series of craftsmen and ateliers who are dying. Fashion writer Jean Paul Cauvin tells you all about it in his latest blogpost. Watch it, you might want to join the Guild! No chance? Just make sure, clicking on this link, [here] !

New York Fashion Week: Badgley Mischka, Monique Lhuillier, Nicole Miller, Reem Acra, Terexov, Tracy Reese

• All their runway shows really did make New York the capital of world fashion these past days. Look at what’s changed in them on FashionReporters, and how they made the runway and women look for Fall-Winter 2008/2009. [more]

 

From left to right and top to bottom, from the runway shows of:

Reem Acra, Terexov, Tracy Reese,

BadgleyMischka, Monique Lhuillier, Nicole Miller

(Photos courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

• Want to know the last news in Milan? The famous Menswear brand Les Hommes is opening a showroom with their first clothes for women… Some days, I wish I were an Italian girl! [Find out more about it here]
• Last but not least, two great videos of the New York Runway shows: Vera Wang [watch it here] and , above all Lacoste by Christophe Lemaire [watch it here], the best show in the week in my eyes.