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Chanel Cruise collection inspired by Jean Cocteau

Chanel this week unveiled its annual cruise collection via a show instead of digital film. The location was the Carrières de Lumières in the South of France, the setting of the 1959 Jean Cocteau film Testament of Orpheus, which in context provided both a backdrop and inspiration for the collection. “Because Gabrielle Chanel was close to Cocteau,...

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Why Resort collections are significant to fashion

BACKGROUND In the past fortnight a plethora of fashion shows by luxury brands have been broadcast around the globe. While there is no official fashion week calendar at this time of year in any of the major four runway capitals, it is the season of Resort 2020, aka Cruise, which largely takes place in May and June. Christian Dior debuted its...

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Chanel presents 'Cruise' replica along Bangkok's river

Chanel on Wednesday staged a replica of its Cruise 2018-2019 collection along Bangkok's Chao Phraya river, the first ever showing for the French fashion house in the Thai capital. Debuted in Paris in May, the show featured a massive ocean liner that was installed in the Grand Palais as a backdrop to designer Karl Lagerfeld's nautical-inspired...

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Gucci to host Cruise 2019 show at ancient site of Alyscamps

London - Gucci has secured yet another historical venue to serve as the backdrop for its Cruise 2019 fashion show, namely the ancient site of Les Alyscamps, in France. Gucci’s Cruise 2019 collection presentation, set to take place on May 30, 2018, will take place at the Unesco World Heritage site, which is home to one of the world’s Mose...

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The Resort/Cruise 2018 collections shows you can't miss

Rio de Janeiro, Seoul or Cuba – designers of major luxury fashion houses always find new, spectacular or exotic settings for the presentations of their resort or cruise collections. Usually taking place in May, these collections act as an interim season between the fall and spring collections, and are aimed at the jet-setters taking a break to...

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In picture: Louis Vuitton cruise collection show in Rio de Janeiro

Louis Vuitton creative director Nicolas Ghesquière showed his Cruise collection 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. The show took place on Saturday May 28 in the Museum of Contemporary art (MAC) of Niterói. “Being able to show a fashion collection in such an architecturally powerful space is a sensorial experience,” said Ghesquire. Ghesquière seems...