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Hadley Freeman argues Galliano’s rehabilitation shouldn’t be conflated with today’s rise in antisemitism, urging fashion to acknowledge the Jewish contributions to couture and telling the broader story of Jewish immigrants who built the industry, including through the Met’s Galliano exhibition.
Nicole Kidman turned heads at the Lioness Season 3 NYC premiere in a head-to-toe Fendi look: a 1920s-inspired embroidered lace tunic top with scalloped detailing over a lace bralette, paired with wide-leg cream tuxedo trousers and nude sandals from the same collection. The combination of sheer, beaded detailing with tailored trousers creates an elegant, chic moment, and the piece is part of Maria Grazia Chiuri’s first couture collection for Fendi; the article also suggests similar pieces to recreate the look.
Zendaya’s Odyssey press tour blended couture showmanship with historic jewelry, from 1st-century BC Iranian medallion earrings paired with Jacquemus, to a Schiaparelli molded gown with a Chopard bib necklace, and a winged Matières Fécales finale in NYC; stylist Law Roach shuttled looks from runway to red carpet across London, Paris, and NYC, with many pieces created or reserved for her, while the decision to wear priceless artifacts drew backlash online.
Jennifer Lopez stunned on the red carpet in a sculptural white gown with architectural lines, marking a bold couture-forward departure from her usual silhouettes and styling choices.
Cathy Horyn reviews Balenciaga’s couture debut by Pier Paolo Piccioli and finds it pompous yet purposeless, reviving Piccioli’s Valentino silhouettes with Balenciaga accents while offering little modern relevance, and noting that the garden-show setting and sweeping, movement-blocking garments feel more like a spectacle than a pointed couture statement.
A source via People says Taylor Swift walked down the aisle in a Christian Dior Haute Couture gown designed by Jonathan Anderson, featuring a long veil and train; Kelce wore a Dior white tux. Dior confirms the looks were created in collaboration with the couple, marking the designer’s first couture wedding dress for a world-renowned celebrity.
Paris couture week centered on three takeaways—flesh (body-baring or -concealing silhouettes), fantasy in a heat‑wave moment, and the machine (tech-driven, handmade balance). Designers like Balenciaga’s Pierpaolo Piccioli, Dior, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Armani Privé and Iris van Herpen pushed the impossible with 3D body scans, lab-grown fabrics, silicone torsos and beads, underscoring couture as luxury’s laboratory and revival engine for a post‑slump market.
Jonathan Anderson, Dior’s creative director, says designing Taylor Swift’s Dior wedding gown was an emotional, joyful process—crafted in Paris in close collaboration with Swift and Travis Kelce. Swift and Kelce reportedly wed at Madison Square Garden on July 3 in custom Dior Haute Couture, though official dress images haven’t been released yet; Anderson closed his couture show with a bridal look that sparked speculation about Swift’s gown.
Cathy Horyn reviews Schiaparelli’s couture show by Daniel Roseberry, praising a lighter, more accessible direction on a sunlit Paris runway, with lean silhouettes (Alaïa-inspired black dress), a delicate silicone jacket, a sheer gown with hand-painted flowers, and other sculptural looks; she notes the novelty of the techniques and questions whether the collection’s spectacle and social‑media appeal will sustain couture’s relevance.
Jonathan Anderson, Dior’s creative director since 2025, described designing Taylor Swift’s wedding dress for her Madison Square Garden ceremony as an emotional, joyful collaboration; Swift wore Dior haute couture with Cartier jewelry and custom pumps, with guests including Selena Gomez and Gigi Hadid. The gown marks Anderson’s couture-era at Dior and makes Swift the first celebrity to wear a couture wedding gown under his tenure.
Bad Bunny made a standout Paris Couture Week debut at the Schiaparelli show in a butter‑yellow silk suit with pleated wide‑leg trousers, a white shirt, gold braided tie, and heeled leather cowboy boots, accessorized with a single hoop earring and gold brooches nodding to his album art; Karlie Kloss wore a blue latex dress on the runway as designer Daniel Roseberry described a collection that merges haute couture with synthetic materials for a bold, art‑infused statement.
Kanye West and Bianca Censori celebrated his 49th birthday with a Versailles photo shoot, where Bianca wore sculptural satin with a feathered headpiece and a champagne gown while Kanye appeared in black leather; the images were taken at the Airelles Château de Versailles during a party reportedly costing about $400,000. Bianca has said her daring outfits are her own choice and often developed in collaboration with Kanye.
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s Sicily wedding weekend culminated in a Chanel haute couture gown by Matthieu Blazy—feather-and-crystal embellished, low back, a two-meter feathered train, with a six-meter hand-embroidered veil and 25,000 feathers; the dress was handcrafted at 31 Rue Cambon with atelier contributions by Montex, Lesage, and Lemarié, and accessorized with Massaro white satin pumps. Earlier, Lipa wore a Schiaparelli skirt suit for a private London civil ceremony and other wedding looks included a white leather Bottega Veneta halter dress and a sheer Chloé lace dress at brunch. Elton John performed at the Villa Valguarnera reception, with guests including Donatella Versace.
Naomi Osaka again blends couture with her on-court performance at Roland Garros, entering the first round in a black corset and cascading gold Nike dress (designed with Kevin Germanier from upcycled materials) and winning 6-3, 7-6(3) over Laura Siegemund; she later sported an oversized golden jacket for the next match against Donna Vekić, underscoring her view of slam walkouts as self-expression and a nod to Venus and Serena Williams.
A photo-driven Cannes week two fashion gallery highlights bold bows, sculptural gowns and rule-breaking styling across a lineup of stars (Demi Moore, Isabelle Huppert, Tilda Swinton, Penélope Cruz, Zoe Saldana, Cate Blanchett, Dita Von Teese and more), with looks from Chanel, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Dior and other major houses.