There was a late winter snow storm brewing at Vionnet this season, one that snap froze tulips dead in their Spring tracks, while preserving their beauty, just as creative director Goga Ashkenazi did with her A/W 2014 collection. Vionnet was reborn in Etienne Russo's Tuileries set, as a backless, valenki dress opened the show before moth-nibbled jumpers and panelled 'tulip' skirts led us into luxurious cable-knit stamped leather jackets. The green-fingered colour palette of choice? A winter cocktail of grey, chartreuse and petrol blue. But despite winter's cold snap, Vionnet's signature draping techniques still blossomed - from one-shoulder pleated gowns (with a few side panels somewhat provocatively missing), to a softly draped, pinstriped all-in-one. The botanical theme was carried home with tulips as an ongoing appliquéd motif, as well as a fur bomber, striped with green veins, and the furry mink flats that offered a buffer to the elements. However, the collection's more structural elements, such as a two-tone grey coat, spliced by its panels and the show's boxed bustiers, came courtesy of the architecture of Yokohama's airport terminal. Here, man and nature found their happy medium within the garden of the 'Fleurs du Mal'.
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At the Regent Street Sensorium, architectural jelly sculptures are designed to ignite the sensesDelve into the history of London’s Regent Street through a jellyscape, a fragrance cloud and more – plus, for the event’s final week, two new immersive workshops (ends 27 April)
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With scenography by OMA, Dior’s ‘Designer of Dreams’ exhibition in Seoul is ‘a piece of theatre’OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu catches up with Wallpaper* about the dramatic show design for the latest iteration of ‘Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams’, which opened in Seoul this weekend
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Mercedes-Benz previews its next-gen people mover with an ultra-luxury EV conceptThe Mercedes-Benz Vision V Concept is an art deco picture palace on wheels, designed to immerse passengers in parallel worlds as they travel
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Palace unites with Rapha to celebrate inaugural Tour de France FemmesMarking the first time women will compete in the historic cycling race since the late 1980s, this new collaboration sees Palace Skateboards and Rapha create uniforms for both on and off the bike – including an ‘outlandish’ pair of Crocs
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Paris Fashion Week A/W 2022: Chanel to Miu MiuIn this extended report, Wallpaper* updates you live from Paris Fashion Week A/W 2022 shows, with rolling coverage as runway events unfold
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Scene-stealing runway sets from S/S 2022 womenswear showsFrom giant roulette wheels to Olympic diving boards and multi-city synchronized extravaganzas – our pick of the best fashion show sets from S/S 2022 womenswear
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