Hello 2024, I'm back. January held a very remarkable Couture Fashion week that was held in Paris, in addition to designers creating more collabs and entering into new markets.
1. Dior opens first luxury spa in Dubai:
Luxury maison Dior is set to open its first spa in the Middle East, in the city of Dubai to make its debut in the region. The spa will hold a treatment list including facial services for women and men, muscle released-focused services, D-sculpt for body firming, hydrafacials, in addition to retailing luxury beauty products.
2. Victoria & Albert Museum holds Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel Exhibition:
“Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto” will now run until March 10, held in London. The first U.K. exhibition dedicated to the French fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. The exhibition charts six decades of Chanel’s career.
3. Swarovski Launches Valentine's Day Capsule With Marina Raphael:
Marina Raphael, the accessories brand, is celebrating love in all shapes and sizes with the new capsule collection of micro bags in collaboration with Swarovski Creators Lab honors a heritage of technical and creative mastery.
4. Pucci Drops Yoga Capsule Collection:
After launching its second ski capsule collection, Pucci is now embracing asanas in style, dropping a dedicated yoga line, practical as it is fashionable. Adorned in the fashion house's classic Marmo print and deep blue tones and whimsical, wavy lines.
A homage to "the elegance and freedom of movement". Available at Mytheresa and Pucci.com.
5. Highlights from the SS24 Haute Couture shows:
Just as it should be, the couture fashion week kept us on our toes, kept telling us stories through the eyes of many and presented us with a piece that transferred us into each designer's imagination, Haute Couture is always about pushing limits and diving into a creative facet, and this year sure delivered.
- John Paul Gaultier reaction to Simone Rocha designing a collection for his brand.
- Maison Margella theatrical take on Brassai's 1920s and '30s portraits of the night- time underbelly of Paris's clubs and streets. John Galliano took us through an underground door- and into a rancid Parisian nighttime.
- Alaia elegance, innovative laser cut and quite luxury.
- Arab designers took everyone's breath, The theme behind Tony Ward's collection was smart, inspired by the golden ratio, which is a math believed to be found everywhere in life.
- Schiaperelli surrealist sci-fi Western spring haute couture collection.
