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Audiences are watching fashion videos, as Saint Laurent racks up 43m views.

The format of digital fashion week is not without its critics, but there are successes that achieve reach and tell interesting stories. Saint Laurent, which last week unveiled a six-minute video of its men’s SS21 collection, has so far garnered 42.4 million global views and an engagement of over eight million, according to data released by the...

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Fashion

Mind the gap: International fashion weeks are marred by sparse schedules

A sparse New York Fashion Week calendar was revealed on Thursday, with the number of designers showing cut in half. Only 50 masked guests will be allowed to attend outdoor presentations, and then only after passing a temperature check. Indoor events will take place without audiences and instead livestreamed on the CFDA’s Runway360, its new...

28 Aug 2020

Podcast

Podcast: International E-Commerce Director at Dior Couture shares her career tips

Luciana Farina, International E-Commerce Director at Christian Dior Couture, sits down for a conversation on LVMH's podcast of 'Tips to the Top'. In this edition, Farina shares how she went from a small Italian village outside of Milan, to incharge of consumer's online experience at one of the largest couture fashion houses. "I thought that it...

11 Aug 2020

Fashion

SS21 Menswear fashion week highlights

In a season unlike any other, the international Fashion Weeks were still able to bring a host of designer collections to an expanded global audience. This challenging yet exciting time for designers has seen new levels of experimentation and exploration with new formats and concepts, paving the way for a hybrid digital/physical future. Dior...

7 Aug 2020

Fashion

Latest designer collection showcases and fashion week developments

As the first digital Fashion Weeks have drawn to a close, questions remain over whether virtual showcases will wholly replace the classic runway format and what will be the next steps for the industry in revitalising the fashion system post-covid. Digital vs Physical The biggest winners of the virtual fashion weeks, it seems, were the real-life...

31 Jul 2020

Podcast

Podcast: Pamela Hanson on how she made it in a male-dominated industry

In this episode of the podcast series 'Dior Talks', Charlotte Jansen speaks to Hanson about the position of women in fashion, and discusses how she views the changes that have taken place and whether these changes will be lasting and meaningful. Hanson set up her first darkroom at the age of 13 and has since explored her own observations of the...

28 Jul 2020

Video

Video: Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior cruise 2021

Dior presented its Cruise collection for Spring/Summer 2021 earlier this week in the historic Italian city of Lecce. The show, designed and directed by long-time Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri was dedicated to celebrating the history and traditions of the surrounding region, Puglia. Watch as traditional song, dance and costumes set the stage...

24 Jul 2020

Fashion

Dior resumes physical runway show for Cruise collection

Dior on Wednesday showed the first of the cruise collections via a bonafide, traditional runway show in Italy. In a town square in Lecce, Puglia, a carrousel housing an orchestra stood in the middle of the piazza, which staged the catwalk of some 90 looks. There was music, dancing and singing, much like a village fête, which drew a small crowd...

23 Jul 2020

Fashion IN PICTURES

3 Days of Parisian haute couture in pictures

Valentino closed the first Paris Fashion Week entirely online on Wednesday. 33 houses took part in this exceptional event broadcast via a platform of the Federation of Fashion and Haute Couture and the Canal+ channel. Interviews and filmed debates provided the basis for a well-paced content. Image : Julien Fournié Members on the FCMH calendar...

10 Jul 2020

Fashion

Dior showcases fantasy and miniatures for haute couture

With Haute Couture Week going digital for the first time, due to the coronavirus pandemic, questions were being asked about whether luxury fashion houses could express the same magic as they do with a live catwalk showcase, well Dior invited the fashion world into a magical and cinematic world filled with mermaids, nymphs, and tree-people for...

6 Jul 2020

Video

Video: Dior's Autumn-Winter 20/21 haute couture film

Paris haute couture week is in full swing and Dior is presenting possibly the weeks most anticipated shows. The couture collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri is showcased online in a film directed by Matteo Garrone. The mystical film is set in Garden of Ninfa, Latina, Italy complete with mermaids, snails, and statues coming to life all...

6 Jul 2020

Fashion

Paris fashion week's digital debut begins

The first-ever online Paris fashion week clicks off Monday with the world of glitzy runway shows thrown into an existential crisis by the coronavirus. Paris haute couture and men's fashion weeks have been rolled into one, with labels making films to showcase their clothes instead of staging sometimes extravagant shows. The virus has not just...

6 Jul 2020