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Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture

All the news and the top looks from the haute couture fashion shows in the French capital.

Mouawad’s 1001 Nights Diamond Purse. Photo: Handout

Gem-studded bags from Gucci and more promise sparkling nights out

At the Paris Haute Couture Week shows, luxury maisons gilded the lily by adding beautiful stones to statement accessories, bringing back the minaudière.

12 Oct 2025 - 6:00AM

Fame and celebrity

Q&A | Laufey talks Chanel, jazz and her Grammy-winning Bewitched album

13 Aug 2025 - 4:20PM

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Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Balenciaga, Maison Margiela and Robert Wun

16 Jul 2025 - 3:49PM

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Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Chanel, Schiaparelli and Armani Privé shine

Chanel’s Creation Studio delivered its last collection before Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, Schiaparelli’s Daniel Roseberry adopted a ‘back to the future’ lens, and Armani Privé went ‘nocturnal’.

9 Jul 2025 - 11:57AM

The Chanel Creation Studio delivered its last collection before Matthieu Blazy’s debut in October, at Paris Haute Couture Week 2025. Photo: Reuters

Paris Haute Couture Week 2025: Michael Rider’s Celine debut steals the spotlight

Dior and Valentino are skipping haute couture week, while it’s unclear whether Giorgio Armani will be at his Armani Privé show – but Celine and Patou offer plenty of excitement.

7 Jul 2025 - 1:13PM

Icons and Influencers

How China’s rising fashion designer Cheney Chan is captivating global audiences

He made his unofficial debut at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week last June, but his growing social media presence – 5.5 million Douyin followers and counting – has already made Chan a popular influencer.

7 Feb 2025 - 12:00PM

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Robert Wun, in his own words: from Hong Kong to the Met Gala

The London-based couturier reflects on his legacy as the first Hong Kong-born designer to debut at Paris Couture Week

10 Sep 2024 - 11:01AM

The London-based Robert Wun couturier reflects on his legacy as the first Hong Kong-born designer to debut at Paris Couture Week. Photo: Handout

Paris Haute Couture Week 2024, day 2: Chanel and Armani Privé

Chanel stunned with tutus and capes in first show without a creative director, while pearls dazzled in Armani Privé – with Keira Knightley and Cate Blanchett attending, respectively

26 Jun 2024 - 12:45PM

Paris Haute Couture Week 2024, day 1: Schiaparelli and Dior

The Olympic Games might be next month, but fashion still rules Paris this week: shows celebrated gold, savoir faire and sports – and Jennifer Lopez, Doja Cat and Kylie Jenner were in attendance

26 Jun 2024 - 11:18AM

How to get Monaco royal Charlotte Casiraghi’s Chanel show look

The royal’s timeless tweed suit turned heads at Chanel’s runway – showing she has the fashion instincts of her mother Princess Caroline and grandmother Grace Kelly

11 Dec 2023 - 12:07PM

Casiraghi wore a typically understated yet youthful look for the Chanel Haute Couture autumn/winter 2023-24 show at Paris Fashion Week in July. Photo: Getty Images

The bows are back in town: brands and stars celebrate feminine fashion

The bow is making a huge comeback in fashion in 2023 – seen in looks from big designer houses like Viktor & Rolf and Chanel, and on social media, and embraced by singers, models and princesses alike.

23 Jul 2023 - 4:15PM

Jennie Kim at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a Chanel dress. Photo: FilmMagic

Meet the designers pioneering Saudi Arabia’s fashion revolution

As Mohammed Ashi becomes the first Saudi Arabian designer at Paris Fashion Week, calling it the ‘peak’ of his career, excitement for the kingdom’s booming fashion industry is palpable

10 Jul 2023 - 5:46PM

Style’s 5 top moments from Paris Haute Couture week, from Chanel to Schiaparelli

We were amazed by the sheer amount of stunning looks unveiled in Paris this week – here’s our editor’s top moments from the City of Love, from Chanel to Schiaparelli, and more ...

8 Jul 2023 - 10:12AM

Paris Haute Couture Week last day round up: Fendi, Imane Ayissi and Repossi

On the last day of Haute Couture Week, Chloé confirmed its creative director Gabriela Hearst would be leaving, and Kim Jones once more defied traditional couture boundaries at Fendi

7 Jul 2023 - 4:07PM

Models present an initial parade of nude creations by Kim Jones at Fendi during the Women’s Haute-Couture Fashion Week in Paris on July 6. Photo: AFP

Paris Haute Couture Week day 3 round up: Elie Saad to Yuima Nakazato

From the established mastery of Lebanese designer Elie Saab, to up-and-coming Japanese designer Yuima Nakazato, day 3 of Paris’ Haute Couture Week didn’t disappoint

6 Jul 2023 - 3:59PM

Lebanese designer Elie Saab’s creations were nothing short of spectacular at Women’s Haute-Couture Fashion Week in Paris on July 5. Photo: AFP

Paris Haute Couture Week day 2 round up: Chanel, Giorgio Armani and more

Chanel staged an ode to Parisian elegance, Alexis Mabille sent his models down the runway with champagne coupes and Stéphane Rolland’s creations struck a bold and poetic note

5 Jul 2023 - 5:50PM

Paris Haute Couture Week day 1 round up: from riots to Daniel Roseberry

Dior brings ethereal goddesses and silver threads to Paris couture, while Iris van Herpen created a futuristic underwater universe

5 Jul 2023 - 11:27AM

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Meet Robert Wun, the first Hong Kong designer at Paris Haute Couture Week

You’ve probably seen Hong Kong-born Robert Wun’s designs donned by Blackpink’s Lisa, Lizzo, and Celine Dion, but what do you know about his inspirational rise to fashion stardom?

27 Feb 2023 - 5:23PM

Robert Wun’s dresses have been worn by celebrities like Lizzo and Priyanka Chopra. Photos: @robertwun/Instagram; SCMP

Luxury fashion’s worst-kept secret and the fear of a ‘Made in India’ tag

Many haute couture houses – luxury fashion’s pinnacle – source textiles from India, yet their pieces won’t acknowledge the fact. Some Indian designers are taking to Paris runways themselves.

7 Mar 2023 - 1:56AM

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Paris Fashion Week: Givenchy’s SS23 show portrayed grunge galore in the rain

For Givenchy’s SS23 show, designer Matthew Williams wheeled out grunge galore, although not everyone was on-board with some of the clashing styles

7 Oct 2022 - 3:00AM

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Paris Fashion Week: Valentino’s SS23 show flaunted bold glitz and glamour

For Valentino’s spring/summer 2023 collection presented on October 2 at Paris Fashion Week, Pier Paolo Piccioli looked to glitzy outfits with unique cut-outs

6 Oct 2022 - 11:51AM

Models wear creations for the Valentino ready-to-wear spring/summer 2023 fashion collection presented on October 2, in Paris. Photo: Invision/AP

How to get Bella Hadid’s retro-chic Paris Fashion Week look

The supermodel showed up to Paris Couture Week late, passport-less in retro streetwear – and was still the talk of the town

4 Aug 2022 - 1:00AM

Supermodel Bella Hadid shows her trademark fashion-forward style after the Balenciaga runway on July 6, in Paris. Photo: Getty Images

Inside Elie Saab’s gender-bending haute couture show at Paris Fashion Week

The fashion maison may be known for its feminine style, but both male and female customers covet the show-stopping looks – this is the first time that’s been reflected on the runway

12 Jul 2022 - 12:10PM

Olivier Rousteing’s haute couture homage to Jean Paul Gaultier in Paris

Kim Kardashian referenced Madonna’s famous 1992 look with daughter North West playing Jean Paul Gaultier himself as the pair attended the runway show at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

11 Jul 2022 - 12:27PM

How Fendi did East-West fusion right at Paris Fashion Week

Designer Kim Jones symbolically ‘stepped away from Rome’ by embracing Japanese touches and style – but it was tastefully and sophistically done, for one

8 Jul 2022 - 2:59PM

Models line up in creations from Fendi’s haute couture autumn/winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, presented at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday, July 7, 2022. Photo: AP

Giorgio Armani’s art deco-inspired collection at Paris Haute Couture Week

An impressive 92 different looks paraded down the catwalk at Giorgio Armani’s haute couture autumn/winter 2022-2023 show – evoking 1930s art deco with lashings of sparkle

7 Jul 2022 - 3:16PM

Statement jewellery, bright colours, sparkles and organza featured heavily in Giorgio Armani’s haute couture autumn/winter 2022-2023 show in Paris. Photo: Reuters

Virginie Viard’s dreamy vision for Chanel at Paris Haute Couture Week 2022

Celebrity guests marvelled at the venue – an equestrian centre in the heart of a forest – and the looks alike, from sporty takes on mermaid dresses to sweeping A-line coats

6 Jul 2022 - 3:50PM

Giambattista Valli’s 10th anniversary in haute couture at Paris Fashion Week

The autumn/winter 2022-23 collection featured colourful tulle dresses, dramatic trains and shimmering body suits to evoke ‘living in the moment’, according to the Italian designer

6 Jul 2022 - 12:37PM

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