🇬🇧 Paris is burning – essentials by nss magazine
A fashion recap of the 29th week of the year
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The second week of July was nothing short of relentless. Beyond the scorching temperatures, the FW26 - 27 Paris Haute Couture Week has just wrapped, and there wasn’t a single moment to let our guard down. The week kicked off with Taylor Swift’s private-though hardly secret wedding at Madison Square Garden, an event eagerly anticipated by fans and endlessly debated by the wider public. After all, New York is firmly reclaiming its place at the center of the cultural conversation. Across the Atlantic, however, Paris is holding its own. Haute Couture Week delivered no shortage of unforgettable moments, beginning with Pierpaolo Piccioli’s highly anticipated debut as Balenciaga‘s creative director, one of the most closely watched premieres of the season. Meanwhile, Matthieu Blazy at Chanel and Jonathan Anderson at Dior once again proved to be the driving forces of the French capital, captivating audiences with dreamlike, pastoral collections. Love it or hate it, fashion is still very much alive. And it continues to surprise us, even when the summer heat seems determined to stand in its way.
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