Elie Saab Spring/Summer 2025: When Couture Becomes Painting

On my site, « Haute Couture: the eighth art, » I love to decipher those moments when fashion transcends clothing to touch the artistic. Elie Saab’s Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 collection, titled « Portrait of a Dream », is precisely one of those magical instances. What Saab offers us here is a total immersion in an « Impressionist garden. » I …

CHANEL Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025: The Radiance of Heritage Before a New Chapter

Late January 2025, the renovated Grand Palais pulsed with the rhythm of the CHANEL Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 show. A doubly symbolic moment, I find: not only celebrating the house’s 110 years in this supreme art form that is Haute Couture, but also a collection born in the interim, designed by the in-house studio while …

Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025: When Memory Meets Poetic Punk

Paris, late January. Haute Couture Week is in full swing, and all eyes are on Dior. On January 27th , Maria Grazia Chiuri unveiled her vision for Spring/Summer 2025, a collection conceived as a deep dive into « sartorial memory. » Far from a simple retrospective, the ambition was to create a dialogue between eras, to « disrupt …

Franck Sorbier’s « Barbarian Symphony »: Raw Strength Meets Couture Grace Shakes Up Paris

Paris Haute Couture Week is always a special moment, a bubble where the most exquisite craftsmanship meets the wildest imagination. But let’s be honest, some shows resonate more than others. Franck Sorbier’s, presented this January 29th for Spring/Summer 2025, was definitely one of those. With his collection titled « Symphonie Barbare » (Barbarian Symphony), the designer offered …

Juana Martin: « Identidad », the Andalusian Soul at the Summit of Haute Couture

For the Spring-Summer 2025 Haute Couture season in Paris, Spanish designer Juana Martin, the only woman from her country admitted to the official calendar , presented her collection « Identidad ». More than just a collection, it is a vibrant manifesto for authenticity and artisanal craftsmanship , a response to a fashion world sometimes disconnected from its …

Julien Fournié: The Intimate and Spectacular Circus of Haute Couture

Imagine: the curtain rises at the Théâtre Mogador, not for a musical, but for an extraordinary Haute Couture show. On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, Julien Fournié invited us to his « First Circus, » a Spring/Summer 2025 collection that celebrated much more than fashion. It was a personal event, marking the designer’s 50th birthday and the 16th …