AF Vandevorst News

Between Roland Mouret and A.F. Vandevorst , I had some spare time in Paris and decided to roll up into Colette to see what kinds of new beauty goodies they had.

Conehead shaped wigs with extra long bangs that hang just below the nostrils are slightly frightening and definitely impractical.

At Christian Dior , Raf Simons showed a parade of cool, restrained confections of newly imagined versions of Dior's famous "new look" shape, with silk prints and intricate embroideries and appliqu of Warhol's earlier works placed pell mell at the hip, on a hand bag, or on the front of an evening gown, like it was a T-shirt. At Martin Margiela , one ... (more)

No black models walked in A.F. Vandevorst' s show in Paris today, but several of the light-skinned girls appeared on the catwalk with their arms and hands painted black.

It's not too difficult to imagine a time when the names Phoebe Philo , Roland Mouret , Haider Ackermann , Olivier Theyskens , and even Raf Simons weren't included in the global fashion glossary; by Phaidon Press's account, it was 2005.