When Christian Dior died in 1957, after 10 years in which the West happily heeled to his whiplash fashion decrees, a replacement was already in the wings, the 21-year-old Yves Saint Laurent. His ...

French New Wave: A Revolution in Design by Tony Nourmand, Graham Marsh and Christopher Frayling is published by Reel Art Press. WINDA NA SZAFOT (ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS), 1958 Image Credit: French ...

In Revolution-era Paris, three radically chic media stars swept away centuries of strictures about what women should wear and how they should live. A new book unveils the other French Revolution.

“Liberty Equality Fashion” explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who led the charge. By Dina Gachman Most days, Anne Higonnet is ...

A landmark exhibition of drawings at the Met brings us into the studio of the French Revolution’s chief propagandist, and stages the ultimate showdown of culture and politics. By Jason Farago ...

Jacques Louis David’s ‘Portrait of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze)’ is a tense painting created just before the chemist was guillotined.

Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs’s “Fashion Is a Feast” exhibition delves into the designer who influenced Schiaparelli, John Galliano, and more.

The improbable rise of three women who helped transform French fashion. Anne Higonnet’s “Liberty Equality Fashion” elevates the role of Juliette Récamier, Térézia Tallien and Joséphine ...

Leading the pack is French designer Marine Serre, who's working towards nothing less than a fashion revolution. Her 2021 summer collection is an exuberant celebration of the power of both ...

The drawing is set to be part of an auction in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 10. ... 1789, a few weeks after the July 14 uprising that launched the French Revolution.

A really old French dress has sold for more than $150,000. The brocade gown is an exquisite example of the loose-fitting dresses that women — fed up with restrictive bodices — embraced in the ...

For comparison, just seven of the United Kingdom’s 50 billionaires derived their net worths from food, beverages, fashion and retail. Six French billionaires derive their wealth from fashion ...