This was a season that Lanvin explored extremes. From volume, fringing, feathers, fur to unfinished tweed, all were approached with equal measures of flamboyance and freedom on designer Alber Elbaz's part. Raw edges completed shaggy tweed coats, just as the designer's signature ruffles layered up three-quarter length skirts, and fringing danced off his cocktail dresses. Further upping the drama were the season's marabou plumage-laden hats, which possessed both the Edwardian era's elegance and stature - veiling models' eyes like Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady - even down to the show's semi-transparent opera gloves. Where Elbaz did hold back was on a draped strapless leather dress and a supple trench coat, followed by his procession of film noir bias-cut silk sheaths. Although it wasn't long before their edges were similarly finished with bugle beads as well as futuristic rounded-shoulder shapes that received the same jewelled treatment. But that's not to say there wasn't restraint for every flourish, most overtly seen in Elbaz's 1960s-style skirt-suiting, which was almost clean if you simply slipped off a fur shrug.
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The Sinclair name is back, attached to a pocket-sized games console with an educational edgeGrant Sinclair’s name is freighted with early computing history. Wallpaper* tapped up the British inventor to find out more about his new GamerCard console and other innovation
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Beloved sushi restaurant Sōgo Roll Bar comes to Highland ParkThe sushi hangout begins a new chapter in its second location, becoming the perfect spot for a quick grab-and-go or a relaxed tasting experience in east LA
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Japanese designer Shinichiro Ogata's latest venture is a modern riff on the traditions of his home countryAs he launches Saboe, a series of new tearooms and shops across Japan, we delve into Shinichiro Ogata's creative vision, mirrored throughout the spaces and objects, rituals and moments of his projects
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Haute Couture Week A/W 2025: what to expectFive moments to look out for at Haute Couture Week A/W 2025 in Paris (starting Monday 7 July), from Glenn Martens’ debut for Maison Margiela to Demna’s Balenciaga swansong. Plus, ‘new beginnings’ from JW Anderson
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Donna Trope celebrates the power of the Polaroid in Paris‘Polaroids used to be my rejects, and now they are my holy grail,’ says the beauty photographer, as she shows rarely seen images in a Paris exhibition
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Palace unites with Rapha to celebrate inaugural Tour de France FemmesMarking the first time women will compete in the historic cycling race since the late 1980s, this new collaboration sees Palace Skateboards and Rapha create uniforms for both on and off the bike – including an ‘outlandish’ pair of Crocs
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Paris Fashion Week A/W 2022: Chanel to Miu MiuIn this extended report, Wallpaper* updates you live from Paris Fashion Week A/W 2022 shows, with rolling coverage as runway events unfold
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Scene-stealing runway sets from S/S 2022 womenswear showsFrom giant roulette wheels to Olympic diving boards and multi-city synchronized extravaganzas – our pick of the best fashion show sets from S/S 2022 womenswear
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