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Paris Fashion Week
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
The organic curves of Lucas Bauer jewellery, one of Paris’ up-and-coming brands. Photo: Handout
High Jewellery

Paris’ rising stars: 6 independent jewellery brands to check out on your next visit

Paris’ Place Vendôme is home to many historic maisons, but across the city, entrepreneurial independent jewellers are springing up to offer fresh visions.

Celebrity style

How to Style like Gemma Chan: pull off the star’s winter-ready look

Fashion

Australian designer Christopher Esber on dressing A-listers

Fame and celebrity

Who is Cassie Ventura’s husband, Alex Fine – and what did he say about Diddy?

Singer Cassie is now married to 31-year-old Alex Fine, and the pair have 2 children together – so what do we know about her supportive husband and how they met?

Alex Fine has supported singer Cassie since her split from Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was seen abusing her in resurfaced CCTV footage from 2016. Photos: @alexfine44/Instagram
Fashion

Q&A | How fashion brand By Walid came to be, according to designer Walid al Damirji

Chinese jackets made with silks and repurposed linings are a staple of the designer, who is based in London – but he finds it a ‘sad town’, with the best talent heading to Milan and Paris

Style Edit

Style Edit: Messika dazzles with high jewellery inspired by haute couture

At Paris Fashion Week, the maison showed how it is redefining and pushing the boundaries of high jewellery and haute couture with its daring visions.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Jack Dafoe, son of actor Willem Dafoe and director Elizabeth LeCompte

Willem and Elizabeth were together for 27 years and raised their son together; Jack prefers to shun the limelight to focus on his activism, his wife and his young children.

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Willem Dafoe’s son Jack Dafoe is an environmentalist and lawyer who prefers to keep his personal life private. Photo: Getty Images
Celebrity children

Meet actress Selma Blair’s supportive 13-year-old son, Arthur Saint Bleick

The Hellboy actress’ 13-year old son with ex Jason Bleick said he was ‘really proud’ of his mum’s performance on Dancing with the Stars despite her MS diagnosis – here’s what else we know about him.

Fashion

Paris Fashion Week: Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Chanel and more

The 2 best shows this week were Miu Miu – featuring Hilary Swank and Willem Dafoe on the runway – and Louis Vuitton’s jaw-droppingly beautiful study in contrasts thanks to Nicolas Ghesquière.

Fashion

Paris Fashion Week: emotional Loewe, and Valentino and Hermès’ tributes

Loewe’s Jonathan Anderson evoked nostalgia, Alessandro Michele was inspired by Valentino’s roots, and Alexander McQueen’s Seán McGirr finds hope in the banshee.

Polka dots were a recurring motif at the Valentino spring/summer 2025 show during Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Reuters
Fashion

Paris Fashion Week: Chloé, Rick Owens and Schiaparelli wowed during day 4

Day 4 saw multiple Paris-based brands showing their spring/summer 2025 collections, including Chemena Kamali-led Chloé, the otherworldly Rick Owens and Daniel Roseberry’s youthful take at Schiaparelli.

Parisian-based brands like Chloé (pictured), Rick Owens, Schiaparelli, Christopher Esber and Messika exhibited their spring/summer 2025 collections on Day 4 at Paris Fashion Week. Photo: AFP
Fashion

Paris Fashion Week: Dior, Saint Laurent, Vaquera and more highlights

The Paris Olympics may have concluded, but Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri isn’t done with sport-themed designs – meanwhile, Saint Laurent presents chic 80s-inspired looks that honour the brand’s founder.

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Why K-pop idols and luxury fashion are a marriage made in heaven

Tommy Hilfiger’s Met Gala collab with boy band Stray Kids is a reminder of the growing attachment between luxury fashion and K-pop stars.

Style Edit

Style Edit: Hermès autumn/winter 2024 ready-to-wear collection

Long on leather and equestrian detailing, the men’s and women’s looks all hark back to the brand’s centuries of horsey heritage while also meeting today’s needs for versatility and playfulness

Hermès autumn/winter 2024 ready-to-wear collections for men and women featured widespread use of leather and detailing that inevitably channelled the brand’s equestrian heritage. Photos: Handout
Celebrity style

4 reasons Courrèges’ Holy Bag is now an official wardrobe must-have

The Holy Bag isn’t just the epitome of quiet luxury and a practical purse for celebrities and businesswomen alike, but at US$990 it’s affordable too – here’s why you need to snap one up, stat

If the Holy Bag is good enough for style maven Hailey Bieber, you know Courrèges is doing something right. Photos: Courrèges, @CourregesParis/X
High Jewellery

It was luxury vs tradition from this year’s high jewellery season

Fashion houses Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Dior went up against the traditional jewellers of Place Vendôme for this year’s high jewellery season – here’s the 5 biggest trends you need to know

Fashion

From Napoleon to Vivienne Westwood: 18th century fashion still inspires catwalks today

Hong Kong Palace Museum’s ‘The Adorned Body’ exhibition affirms the cyclical nature of fashion, showcasing regal wardrobes that remain mirrored in today’s Parisian haute couture

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Sartorial splendour in Paris: top 10 stylish Olympic uniforms to watch out for

From a kaleidoscope of Haitian colour, to the startling Czech entry that demands attention, some designers have truly outdone themselves.

Team USA’s uniforms are again the work of Ralph Lauren, while Haiti’s colourful outfit comes from the mind of Stella Jean. Photo: Ralph Lauren/Stella Jean
Fame and celebrity

Meet Nicole Kidman’s daughter, Sunday Rose – who was at PFW’s Balenciaga show

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s daughter Sunday Rose made her red carpet debut in April, and just put in another appearance at Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show

Masterpieces

High jewellery inspired by haute couture – from Chanel to Chopard

Dior’s Délicat haute joaillerie nods to the brand’s dressmaking heritage, while military chic takes centre stage in The Power of Couture, part of Boucheron’s Histoire de Style

Luxury travel

Where to shop, stay, dine and hang out in Paris during the Olympics

Getting ready for this summer of sport? Book in at Le Royal Monceau or Le Grand Mazarin, grab your Dior Book Tote and go explore Dover Street Market Paris

Heading to the Paris Olympics? Inject some French luxury with Style’s guide. A view of the Eiffel Tower adorned with The Olympic Rings at Place du Trocadero. The city is gearing up to host the Olympic Summer Games, from July 26 to August 11. Photo: Getty Images
Fashion

‘Vintage is my first love’: Isabel Marant on 30 years as a fashion ‘outsider’

At her brand’s PFW show, the designer reflects on growing up in the city, finding her trademark laid-back style and sticking to it

Designer Isabel Marant, founder of her namesake brand, talks about growing up a tomboy, finding her trademark laid-back look and sticking to it. Photos: Handout
Celebrity style

How Brigitte Macron always puts her most fashionable foot forward

About to turn 71, Macron has been praised for her unerring fashion sense, with an emphasis on Louis Vuitton, and close ties with LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault and LV creative director Nicolas Ghesquière

Style Edit

Style Edit: C-pop sensation Jolin Tsai on becoming a Valentino ambassador

Tsai joins Valentino alongside Naomi Campbell and BTS’ Suga, first appearing in the L’École spring 2024 campaign with Son Ye-jin and Kaia Gerber

Trending in China

Medic to model: retired China doctor becomes Paris fashion sensation

A former doctor in China who became a style influencer after retiring was asked to appear as a model for a luxury fashion designer at one of the world’s most prestigious fashion events.

A retired doctor, aged 70, from China, who became a mainland fashion influencer after retiring, has appeared on the catwalk at the prestigious Paris Fashion Week. Photo: SCMP composite/Xiaohongshu
Beauty

Why dramatic fashion show make-up that went viral was a hit with Gen Z

Pat McGrath’s viral looks from the Maison Margiela’s haute couture spring/summer 2024 show that went viral on TikTok feed a desire among the platform’s users for escapism and fantasy.

Are we witnessing the return of fantastical make-up to fashion catwalks? Pat McGrath’s looks for the Maison Margiela haute couture spring/summer 2024 show have gone viral on social media, suggesting Gen Z is ready to move on from the “clean girl” look. Photo: Facebook/@Pat McGrath
How to Style

How to Style like Cardi B: suited up and ready for the office?

Looking the business in a Thom Browne tweed suit, the ‘Bodak Yellow’ and ‘WAP’ rapper shows she can rock classic fits and fabrics too – here’s how to cop the lock

Trending in China

China social media in stitches over top fashion brand’s ‘sticky tape bracelet’

Mainland social media has been filled with hilarity over a clunky bracelet launched by a top fashion brand at Paris Fashion Week that looks like a roll of sticky tape.

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