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In Luca Guadagnino’s new psychological thriller “After the Hunt,” Julia Roberts stars as a Yale professor who is forced to choose sides when a star pupil accuses another faculty member of sexual assault. Each scene that unfolds is thorny and tense. And as the cast — including Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield who play the accuser and the accused, respectively — engage in an unflinching battle of wits, navigating one knotty maneuver after another, what stands out is their clothes, which are as sharp as the dialogue. “After the Hunt” brings Guadagnino into more volatile territory as a filmmaker, but…

Paris  —  When guests arrived for the Balenciaga show during Paris Fashion Week on Saturday evening, several found themselves on familiar ground: a chapel built during the reign of the former French King Louis XIII, which is part of the historic Laennec headquarters of Balenciaga’s owner, Kering. After all, it was only three months ago that a retrospective for the brand’s former designer, Demna (now at Gucci), took place here. For Pierpaolo Piccioli, the creative director of the Paris-based luxury house as of July, it was important to acknowledge those who had come before him — and to return to…

Paris  —  The world of high fashion is increasingly accessible. Anyone with a phone and the internet can get a front row view of fashion week, connect with their favorite designers and immerse themselves in the virtual worlds of luxury brands. But, while people may be looking, liking and following fashion more than ever, this isn’t necessarily translating to sales. Leaders across the industry are fighting to combat a global luxury slowdown and searching for new ways to maintain relevancy, reinvigorate their relationships with shoppers, while improving their bottom line. This pinch was particularly felt at the Spring-Summer 2026 shows…

Paris  —  After a month of designer debuts — more than a dozen across fashion weeks in London, Milan and New York — the task fell to Chanel’s new artistic director, Matthieu Blazy, to present his vision for the future of one of history’s most storied houses. Bringing Paris Fashion Week to a close on Monday evening, the highly anticipated collection reveal was held where Chanel has frequently staged shows since 2007: the historic Grand Palais, which recently underwent a multiyear, $500-million restoration. The set wasn’t just a whole new world, it was an entire solar system. Enormous glowing planets…

Vogue will no longer feature “new animal fur in editorial content or advertising,” according to updated guidelines on the website of its parent company, Condé Nast. The guidelines — which allow for “defined exceptions, including byproducts of subsistence and indigenous practices” — will also affect other titles owned by the media conglomerate, like The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and GQ. But it is in its implications for Vogue, long seen as the preeminent arbiter of fashion, that this change is the most profound, representing the shift away from fur within the industry. When asked about the change on its webpage,…

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. Pamela Anderson, blonde bombshell of the 1990s and beyond, is no more. Instead, the actor has gone red. Glimpses of Anderson’s strawberry-colored locks were first spotted at a Vogue magazine party in Paris earlier this week. As the runway shows kicked off across the city — Paris Fashion Week is set to run until 6 October — Anderson’s fiery new look became a front row feature. On Wednesday, at…

Milan  —  Of all the designers to present a debut collection for a major house during fashion week this September, Dario Vitale arguably had one of the lowest profiles. Prior to his appointment as Versace’s new chief creative officer in April, Vitale was rarely mentioned in the press and fairly unknown to the wider public — unlike his predecessor Donatella Versace, who has become synonymous with, if not more recognizable than, the brand itself. It’s in part why Vitale’s first show for Versace has been so highly anticipated by fashion editors, buyers, and enthusiasts. Questions abound about what the Napoli…

Throughout her four-decade career, costume designer Ellen Mirojnick has been lauded for transporting viewers across time and place, from the metaphor-heavy suiting of Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” to the elaborate period pomp of Emmy-winning “Bridgerton.” Her work on the 1995 cult classic “Showgirls,” however, often elicits a very different response: Did it even have costumes? The lead character, after all, spends much of the movie in various stages of undress. “I’ve always found it funny that people think, ‘Oh you did ‘Showgirls,’ that wasn’t very much (work),’” said Mirojnick. “Actually it was quite a lot. That film is chock full of costumes!”…

Milan  —  Dressing for the “female gaze” is a concept that has gained ground in fashion over the past decade, with the term — which first emerged in response to a 1975 essay by the British film theorist Laura Mulvey, who wrote about the objectification of women from a male perspective in film — being more prevalent, historically, within the context of the arts. The need for a female perspective has arguably never been greater — yet, in luxury fashion, it is particularly lacking. The fact that top executive jobs in the industry are primarily held by men is an…

Milan  —  You can usually tell that it’s a Giorgio Armani show. Not least because of the refined designs, but because the models are most often smiling. That wasn’t the case on Sunday night, when the Italian luxury label presented its Spring-Summer 2026 collection — the last by the “maestro” of fashion himself before his passing earlier this month. Models walking the runway — staged at the Pinacoteca di Brera museum — had solemn expressions on their faces. Instead of walking individually, several moved in pairs or small groups. They wore floor-skimming gowns and smart jackets that looked made for…