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Paris Day Five: Givenchy and Loewe

Intimacy and illusion add different levels of tantalisation as fashion tries its best to engage the senses, writes Tim Blanks.
Givenchy Spring/Summer 2026
Givenchy Spring/Summer 2026 (IK ALDAMA)
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It was just two months ago that Sarah Burton found the inspiration for her new Givenchy collection. “The Eye of Love” is a book of pictures Swiss photographer Rene Groebli took of his wife Rita during their honeymoon in 1954 that’s since achieved cult status. It reduces intimacy to (occasionally) bare essentials: Rita rolling in sheets, undoing her bra, wrapping herself in Rene’s white shirt. The nape of her neck, her wrist, her back: all of it utterly transfixing.

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Tim Blanks
Tim Blanks

Tim Blanks is Editor-at-Large at The Business of Fashion. He is based in London and covers designers, fashion weeks and fashion’s creative class.

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