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Tim Blanks and Imran Amed on Haute Couture Week A/W 2024 | The BoF Podcast

BoF’s editor at large and editor in chief share their highlights and takeaways from this season’s couture offerings as well as Dries Van Noten’s final show for his namesake brand.

Tim Blanks and Imran Amed on Haute Couture Week A/W 2024 | The BoF Podcast

BoF’s editor at large and editor in chief share their highlights and takeaways from this season’s couture offerings as well as Dries Van Noten’s final show for his namesake brand.


Backstage Pass: An Elevation of Muslin at Thom Browne

Tim Blanks goes backstage at ‪Thom Browne‬ ‘s Autumn/Winter 2024 couture show to about the beauty of “unfinished” pieces alongside heavily embroidered ones.

Backstage Pass: An Elevation of Muslin at Thom Browne

Tim Blanks goes backstage at ‪Thom Browne‬ ‘s Autumn/Winter 2024 couture show to about the beauty of “unfinished” pieces alongside heavily embroidered ones.


Chanel and Dior’s Haute Couture Loses Heat

No fireworks from the world’s most famous fashion brands, writes Tim Blanks.

Chanel and Dior’s Haute Couture Loses Heat

No fireworks from the world’s most famous fashion brands, writes Tim Blanks.


Couture Day One: Americans in Paris

What does it mean that Daniel Roseberry and Thom Browne are offering the most stimulating takes on haute couture?

Couture Day One: Americans in Paris

What does it mean that Daniel Roseberry and Thom Browne are offering the most stimulating takes on haute couture?


At Paris Couture, Opulent Realism

The couture week that closed Thursday was all about technique over image, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

At Paris Couture, Opulent Realism

The couture week that closed Thursday was all about technique over image, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Different Takes on Future Perfect at Fendi and Maison Margiela

Kim Jones finds optimism in the sleek and silvery. For John Galliano, there’s magic in moonlight.

Different Takes on Future Perfect at Fendi and Maison Margiela

Kim Jones finds optimism in the sleek and silvery. For John Galliano, there’s magic in moonlight.


Haute Couture Gets Real. Or Does It?

A couple of days in Paris paraded some fabulous solutions to those perennial questions.

Haute Couture Gets Real. Or Does It?

A couple of days in Paris paraded some fabulous solutions to those perennial questions.


Simone Rocha’s Take on Jean Paul Gaultier

What do you get when you fuse an Irish-Chinese pagan feminist with a French couture house? Ask Simone Rocha. She’s the latest ‘guest‘ designer to be invited by Jean Paul Gaultier to bring her own spin to his remarkable legacy.

Simone Rocha’s Take on Jean Paul Gaultier

What do you get when you fuse an Irish-Chinese pagan feminist with a French couture house? Ask Simone Rocha. She’s the latest ‘guest‘ designer to be invited by Jean Paul Gaultier to bring her own spin to his remarkable legacy.


21st Century Frocks: Couture Week Opens in Paris

Schiaparelli and Dior highlight day one with varying degrees of success.

21st Century Frocks: Couture Week Opens in Paris

Schiaparelli and Dior highlight day one with varying degrees of success.


Why Does Fashion Need Haute Couture?

On Monday at 10 a.m., a swarm of extremely well-heeled clients — dressed in Schiaparelli looks, holding Schiaparelli bags and wearing bright gold Schiaparelli jewellery, often the same pieces, from the same collections — proceeded en masse into the Petit Palais in Paris.

Why Does Fashion Need Haute Couture?

On Monday at 10 a.m., a swarm of extremely well-heeled clients — dressed in Schiaparelli looks, holding Schiaparelli bags and wearing bright gold Schiaparelli jewellery, often the same pieces, from the same collections — proceeded en masse into the Petit Palais in Paris.


At Couture, a Château, a Diamond Necklace and a Bouquet of Red Roses

Is it a love story, a murder mystery, or the last day of the couture shows? asks Tim Blanks.

At Couture, a Château, a Diamond Necklace and a Bouquet of Red Roses

Is it a love story, a murder mystery, or the last day of the couture shows? asks Tim Blanks.


Paris Couture Week: All or Nothing

Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Paris Couture Week: All or Nothing

Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento.