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The Luxury Life: Are big brands Louis Vuitton, Dior picking Japan, South Korea over China?
World

The Luxury Life: Are big brands Louis Vuitton, Dior picking Japan, South Korea over China?

China has been propelling the luxury market for decades. But the pandemic and the strict lockdowns have changed a thing or two. Now the biggest brands are betting on Japan and South Korea. Is Beijing missing out?

Fashion faux pas: Did Christian Dior just rip off a Ming Dynasty skirt design?
World

Fashion faux pas: Did Christian Dior just rip off a Ming Dynasty skirt design?

Chinese protestors claim that the Dior skirt is a rip-off of the traditional ‘Mamian’ or ‘horse-face’ skirt that was worn in China during the Ming dynasty

US Open champion Emma Raducanu becomes Dior ambassador
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US Open champion Emma Raducanu becomes Dior ambassador

The British teenager, who is also the face of jewellery brand Tiffany and Co, will represent Maria Grazia Chiuri's womenswear collections and Dior's skincare and make-up ranges.

The journey of craft, from Byculla to Paris: How embroidery from the Chanakya School earned space in a Dior show
Arts & Culture

The journey of craft, from Byculla to Paris: How embroidery from the Chanakya School earned space in a Dior show

Dior’s chief designer Maria Grazia Chiura is personally invested in Mumbai’s Chanakya School of Craft, established by Monica Shah and Karishma Swali.

Dior hosts its first post-COVID-19 shows in Paris, showcasing fall-winter haute couture collection
Arts & Culture

Dior hosts its first post-COVID-19 shows in Paris, showcasing fall-winter haute couture collection

The show opened with a range of black-and-white checks and tweeds with matching boots — some looks embroidered with feathers for a tweed effect.

Drones, an Anna Wintour puppet, projections: Inside brands' experiments with tech for fashion weeks
Arts & Culture

Drones, an Anna Wintour puppet, projections: Inside brands' experiments with tech for fashion weeks

In 2014, Fendi sent three drones down the runway to film a show. The move created excitement, but also raised concerns related to hyper-surveillance.

Dior and Chanel go online, but can digital couture shows become a workable fashion model?
Arts & Culture

Dior and Chanel go online, but can digital couture shows become a workable fashion model?

But what this whole digital experiment ultimately revealed is that, though music and movies have been using fashion to their own ends for decades now, reversing the equation doesn’t really work.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Dior revives fashion shows for July — but sans the celebrated front row audience
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Dior revives fashion shows for July — but sans the celebrated front row audience

Fashion label Christian Dior said it would press ahead with a calendar of fashion shows for this year starting in July with an Italian catwalk display - but without the celebrated front-row audience of A-listers.

Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week 2019 stuns with extraordinary fashion craftsmanship
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Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week 2019 stuns with extraordinary fashion craftsmanship

The Paris Fall/Winter 2019-20 Haute Couture Week ran from 1 July to 4 July. It was attended by designers, major fashion houses, and celebrities, with a runway that featured colour, print, and stunningly unique craftsmanship.

Month after Notre-Dame Cathedral fire, restoration work on Paris monument proceeds briskly
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Month after Notre-Dame Cathedral fire, restoration work on Paris monument proceeds briskly

A Gothic architectural jewel and part of the world's cultural heritage, Notre-Dame, built in the medieval period, is under restoration after a major fire damaged it on 15 April, 2019.

Paris Men's Fashion Week: Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton debut, gender fluidity and other runway highlights
Entertainment

Paris Men's Fashion Week: Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton debut, gender fluidity and other runway highlights

As Paris Men's Fashion Week comes to an end Sunday we look at four things we learned from a packed and at times emotional six days.

Dior reaches out-of-court settlement with Indian brand after being accused of plagiarising its designs
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Dior reaches out-of-court settlement with Indian brand after being accused of plagiarising its designs

International luxury brand Dior has reached an out-of-court settlement with Indian designer Orijit Sen, whose studio had accused it of plagiarising one of their block prints.

Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri channels surrealism in predominantly black-and-white fashion show
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Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri channels surrealism in predominantly black-and-white fashion show

Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri projected a ludic mood at the Rodin Museum as top actresses weighed in on the Time’s Up movement at the start of Paris couture week

Dior accused of plagiarising design created by Indian brand after Sonam Kapoor wears it on Elle India's cover
Life

Dior accused of plagiarising design created by Indian brand after Sonam Kapoor wears it on Elle India's cover

The design copied by Dior and worn by Sonam Kapoor for the Elle India cover was originally created by Orijit Sen for People Tree

Dhoni turns 36, Sonam Kapoor celebrates World Chocolate Day: Social Media Stalker's Guide
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Dhoni turns 36, Sonam Kapoor celebrates World Chocolate Day: Social Media Stalker's Guide

From M.S. Dhoni's birthday celebrations to Sonam Kapoor's World Chocolate Day revelry, catch the best social media moments on Social Media Stalker's Guide.

70 years of Christian Dior: Fashion giant's journey chronicled in exhibition with 400 dresses
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70 years of Christian Dior: Fashion giant's journey chronicled in exhibition with 400 dresses

An exhibition comprising 400 dresses at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house

Oscars 2017 countdown: Feminism, red carpet fashion, and the woes of being a woman
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Oscars 2017 countdown: Feminism, red carpet fashion, and the woes of being a woman

The Oscars red carpet is the unlikely spot where a battle is waged every year for female celebrities to be treated with the same seriousness as the men

Kangana Ranaut is the true style goddess; everyone else can just stop trying
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Kangana Ranaut is the true style goddess; everyone else can just stop trying

Style chameleon, desi Audrey Hepburn, fashion diva — Kangana Ranaut's been called many flattering things when it comes to hr sartorial sense. Here's why the praise is well-deserved.