Fashion Theories
From 6 to 9 July, Paris became the stage for the Autumn‑Winter 2026–2027 Haute Couture collections. Two shows stand out, suspend the temporality of criticism, and unappealably renew the contemporary aesthetic canon. They are linked to two emblematic figures on today’s scene: Jonathan Anderson and Matthieu Blazy. For Dior, Jonathan Anderson translates the language of…
Royal Ascot exerts such a fascination on our imagination that it becomes the ultimate source of inspiration whenever we ourselves are called upon to wear a hat. My suggestion is not to miss any opportunity to do so. A hat is the accessory that completes an outfit, in ways that are varied and deeply engaging…
In the headlong rush towards the future that is so typical of fashion lovers, we often find ourselves thinking that, to be truly branchée, we need to take inspiration for summer from the upcoming Autumn–Winter shows, and, by a kind of magical retroactive effect, designers have learned to preserve a hint of summer in their…
This summer, be a flower among flowers in an overflowing garden. How can we translate this imperative? Whatever you choose, make sure your foot is held on the shoe either by tiny flowers – a myriad of cyclamens in the Dior version – or by a giant bloom, as in the seductive pink sandals by…
I would not hesitate to draw inspiration from Jonathan Anderson’s Fall–Winter 2026 show for Dior. At least two dresses are made for a woman with a strong personality, as beautiful as the flowers of an enchanted garden. Your entourage will be spellbound by the dress in figured silk in shades of pink, edged with irreverently long ostrich…
May is the month of springtime splendor, of the desire for rebirth, of a renewed sense of wonder at the sight of nature. Our afternoons slow down and linger as the days grow noticeably longer. There is a life after work, and every year it feels as if we were discovering it for the first…
France and fashion have gone together since the days of yore. Paris streets are the most sensible fashion thermometer when you want to know how to be glamorous in everyday life. I am Italian, but I have been living in France longer than in my homeland, and since my twenties, I have been addressing the…
As far back as I can remember, a movie has captured my wedding imaginary: a 1956 American musical romantic comedy directed by Charles Walters and starring Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and the unforgettable Louis Armstrong as Mr Satchelmouth with His Band. High Society, of course! The calypso overture is my favorite jazz song…
Bridesmaids and roses were essential for the wedding took place on 28 April in a garden in Cassino, an hour south of Rome. The civil ceremony had been held a month earlier at the beautiful town hall of Aix‑en‑Provence, in the south of France. As I dreamt of a classical Provençal wedding, I wore an…
The day of my late September appointment at the Vivienne Westwood’s showroom in Milan arrived with its amount of joy and expectation: a 10 a.m. Sunday morning appointment, somehow dreamy in Milan, when it is still warm and sunny, but the city has already begun to wear its autumnal attire. In the car, while driving…
My dream marriage came at the age of 46 which is not exactly too late nowadays, but still it leaves you the time to overthink, even before the first wedding bells are heard, about every detail of the wedding day. As a tireless reader of Vogue Weddings I had often caught myself in rapture before brides in…