A cleaner, minimalist setting for Elie Saab`s Spring couture made a welcome change: The fancy gold ormolu of the Grand Hotel (his usual venue) coupled with all those chiffons and Swarovski c

Haute couture is hardly a license to print money, but that didn`t stop Jean Paul Gaultier from issuing his own currency for Spring. That`s in a manner of speaking, of course. His conceit was

Following the not entirely elegant dismissal of Alessandra Facchinetti after two short seasons and the promotion of the accessory team as her replacements, the house of Valentino needs to re

Anne Valérie Hash isn`t about to let the recession deflect her from pursuing made-to-measure clothes, but she`s being pragmatic about it: ＂I didn`t do a show this season; instead I deci

Erotic turn-of-the-century paintings of imagined ancient rituals and the austere, attenuated ballet costumes of Pina Bausch kindled the beginnings of Givenchy couture. It could have routed R

The room was all white, with every pillar deeply garlanded in giant paper flowers, tables covered with laser-cut paper cloths, and the staircase laden with yet more cutout roses and camellia

Little drummer boys, chichi soubrettes, Belle Époque madames, southern Mediterranean exotics: All these stock Christian Lacroix characters lined up and wound their way around his carpet

Trend alert: As designers begin to sound out what women will want during a severe recession, many of the resonances are coming up thirties, a time of glamour against the odds. That`s not to