Fashion designers have appeared as the protagonists of several movies and series over the past two decades, and even more so in the last few years. In 2023, their stories advance from the screen to the stage.

New York Fashion Week, which took place from February 10 to 15, launched the fashion calendar. On the program, 74 shows, including emerging designers who have positioned the American stage as a laboratory of talent with influence.

Early December, the houses of Dior and Chanel took to the catwalk on the African continent, drawing the world’s attention to the heritage of Senegal and Egypt.

Slightly on the sidelines of the record-breaking mega-sales that Christie’s organises periodically throughout the year, the one to be held in Paris on 13 and 14 December entitled « From Beijing to Versailles, the V.W.S. Collection: A Family’s Odyssey in the 20th Century » promises to attract the great Chinese fortunes that are finally back in Europe.

For the past decade, Morocco seems to be reconnecting with its Africanness; a liberating process of which art is at the forefront.

In the post-Black Lives Matter era, African American photography and painting are becoming increasingly popular on the art market. Artists who have revolutionized the way black skin is perceived and who have challenged identities are finally in the spotlight.

On the fringe of the four main fashion weeks, two alternative cities are coming under the spotlight as they position themselves as leaders in sustainability and innovation with the goal of setting new industry standards.

Following the example of Bob Dylan, who opened up his areas of expression to painting, sculpture and installation, other great rock musicians are enjoying a flamboyant artistic reputation with gallery owners. Let’s decipher a growing cultural phenomenon.

The close intertwining between art, beauty and well-being is not new. The European Agenda for Culture believes that investment in the cultural sector is essential for social and economic development in welfare societies.

The first to open the runway shows, New York Fashion Week is finally back. The most lucrative event for New York City ahead of the US Open and the marathon, it remains a powerful laboratory of urban culture trends.

The Olympic downhill champion and bronze medalist at the recent World Ski Championships in Meribel, was in Crans-Montana for the downhill event. Corinne Suter from Schwytz, fourth in the discipline, tells us how she is tackling the rest of the season and what motivated her to return to her best shape after her spectacular crash in Cortina.

For the first Parisian Haute Couture event of 2023, luxury fashion houses once again challenged each other in presenting their exceptional pieces, captivate the most bankable superstars of the moment sitting in the front row, and occupy the media space.

The ambitious exhibition « Frida Kahlo, beyond appearances », which opened at the Palais Galliera in Paris on September 15, has been a great success. The craze around Frida Kahlo touches all audiences, her feminist struggles resonating well beyond her art. From fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier to the singer Rosalía, Frida Kahlo federates through an aura that seems to speak to all. Our analysis.

Paris Fashion Week Spring Summer 2023 ended on Wednesday 5 October, bringing the fashion month that began in New York on 9 September to a close. According to the official calendar of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, 105 fashion houses presented their collections in 66 shows and 42 presentations. The number of shows was significantly higher than last year.

Mélanie Laurent was at the Venice Film Festival to present her opera Les Larmes d’Eugénie. An ambitious project that she describes as a personal artistic upheaval.