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Timeline: Puig, the centenary family business acquiring Dries Van Noten

Belgian designer Dries Van Noten announced yesterday that he has sold a majority stake of his label to Spanish group Puig, a third-generation family business which reported 1935 million euros in revenues in 2017. Active both in the fashion and beauty industries, Puig currently owns fashion houses Carolina Herrera, Jean Paul Gaultier, Nina Ricci...

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Julien Dossena brings life to Paco Rabanne

It has been five years since Julien Dossena took overtook over the role of creative director from Indian designer Manish Arora at Paco Rabanne, as the house had run out of steam since the departure of Paco Rabanne himself in 1999. When Dossena took over the creative reins, he was handed the mission to extend the legacy of the Spanish fashion...

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Video: Paco Rabanne SS18 collection PFW

"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Paco Rabanne Spring/Summer 2018 collection by Julien Dossena, Paris Fashion Week, 28 September 2017. Video: FF Channel, YouTube

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Courreges self-heating coat is one giant step for fashion-kind

On the day an astronaut returned to Earth after 340 days in space, Paris fashion took another small step for mankind. Behold, the self-heating overcoat. The French label Courreges announced the dawn of the "new era" Wednesday, "an era when the garment will come alive". "Who has never dreamt of being warm in the winter?" its designers Sebastien...

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Paco Rabanne returns to retail scene

New York - After a 14-year-absence, Paco Rabanne has made a triumphant return to the retail scene with the opening of a new 750-square-foot store at 12 Rue Cambon, Paris. The store's perforated metal walls are an ode to the designers space age style dresses of the sixties era. The brand is taking an aggressive approach to expansion with plans to...

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Hints of sportswear at Paris Fashion Week

Sportswear permeated the spring/summer 2016 womenswear collections of Chloe, Carven and Paco Rabanne on the Paris catwalks Thursday, while Balmain unashamedly celebrated sexy women. Chloe's hippie sportswear Chloe mixed a long floaty skirt studded with small flowers and a two-colour tracksuit top, or wide black pants with sleeveless t-shirts....

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Paco Rabanne’s artistic director exits

Paco Rabanne’s artistic director of womenswear, Lydia Maurer, has left the brand. Maurer took up the position as head of the in-house design team last year, after being promoted from her role as studio design director, and has been responsible for the Paris-based fashion houses ongoing relaunch. According to a spokesman for Paco Rabanne, Maurer...

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Paco Rabanne and Manish Arora part ways

Fashion house Paco Rabanne, owned by Spanish group Puig, has confirmed that it has parted ways with its creative director, Manish Arora, by a “mutual agreement” after just two seasons. The Indian designer, who joined the Paris-based label last year, was brought on board to aid the resurgence of the brand, and to launch the brand’s women’s...

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Return of Paco Rabanne

The fashion pack already had a sneak peek of the return of fashion house Paco Rabannewith the reissue of the iconic Le69 Paco Rabanne bag. The bag collaboration together with Comme des Garçons marked the launch of creative laboratory called Paco Lab. The Paco Lab name reflects the house’s desire to become a supporter of innovation and...