by Jen Recently I devoted an article to Dior’s latest collection presented beginning of October during Paris Fashion Week, not knowing that Raf Simons would resign from his position as Creative Director the following day. The funny thing is that I wrote: “With Raf you can just expect the unexpected.“ Leaving Dior was indeed THE unexpected thing.…
by Jen As you might have seen on our social media we are back in Vienna! The last couple of weeks I can only describe with one single word: craziness!…
Hi from Milan, The last days, weeks and even months have been all about preparations for the fashion weeks. I have always been quite excited before fashion week madness started. And for some reason, Milan and Paris were my favorite ones. Jen and I have had the pleasure to attend both fashion weeks for several seasons now and it has always been a big treat.…
When asked, which job she had if she were not a designer, Georgine Ratelband proofed to surprise as much as her designs. “A Pilot”, she told Fashiontimes in 2014. Luckily, for the world of luxury fashion, she chose instead to start her own label, Georgine Studio. From her first show in 2014 on, she gained the interest and support of the american fashion industry and is already reaching out internationally.…
To be part of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne is probably the biggest honor for a high fashion designer. Especially when this designer is not French and not based in Paris. There are only two German design labels, which received the honor of being considered Haute Couturiers. One of them is Wunderkind by Wolfang Joop, and the other one is Talbot Runhof. Talbot Runhof is a German high fashion label based in Munich and showing in Paris.…
by Jon, Contributing Editor Introducing “Behind the name” “Behind the name” is a new series of Des & Jen’s success stories. These stories talk about the favorite brands & designers that we collaborated with. Every three weeks we will share their biographies with you, and what they mean to us in the world of fashion:from established fashion labels to upcoming designers with ambitious dreams, talent and vision. In our first “ Behind the name” story we talk about Valentino’s sister line REDValentino). [show_shopthepost_widget id=”2669585″]…