In his newest collection, Pierpaolo Piccioli goes back to the "habitat" of Haute Couture. Entitled Le Salon (French for The Dwelling Room), it both pays homage to custom —& the time-honoured rites, methods and rituals that underpin Couture — and proposes the arrival of a brand new sort of Haute Couture, one that's reflective of contemporaneous values and wishes.
At Valentino Couture, the magic is in the illusion
In addressing these values and wishes, Piccioli debuts a far much less flamboyant assortment than we've come to anticipate from the Maison. Current couture seasons have seen monumental floral motifs, extravagant robes and beaded jeans take the runway. For SS24, Piccoli as an alternative presents a contemporary and, surprisingly, largely wearable collection. Key seems to be embrace tailor-made pants, scooped blouses, duster coats and clothes — introduced virtually like pop artwork — with contrasting colours blocked and styled together in shades of oxblood, teal, mustard and orange. Despite lacking in embroidery or glamorous detailing, these pieces got the utmost consideration all through their creation. The tailoring was meticulous and every reduce, stitch and line clearly intentioned. The show notes recognise that, "Haute Couture is an obsessive quest for perfection, allied with a passion for the hand." Even in probably the most visually simplistic items, the handiwork of Piccioli's group shines.
At Valentino Couture, the magic is in the illusion
This technical finesse so central to Haute Couture is underscored within the assortment's more avant-garde pieces: a men's coat that seems to be crocodile skin, however is admittedly discs bonded with patent leather; tiny organza strips organized to seem like feathers. As the artistic director told media throughout a preview, "The magic comes from the phantasm."
Watch the complete Valentino spring/summer time 2024 Haute Couture show under.
How do you even begin to costume a residency like this?
We had dozens of artistic meetings at her place to provide you with concepts. This has in all probability been my most creatively fulfilling venture but. She was tremendous involved in all features. Individuals know that she has top-of-the-line voices of all time, but she can also be musically a genius at placing totally different preparations collectively, and she or he was tremendous concerned as far as the costumes go, with figuring out what ought to go where.
What& is& the concept?
She came up with this idea of "good versus evil." There are animations that talk to this woman being tempted by good and evil.
Behind Christina Aguilera's Vegas residency fashionDENISE TRUSCELLO / GETTY IMAGES
Behind Christina Aguilera's Vegas residency fashionDENISE TRUSCELLO / GETTY IMAGES
The enormous purple gown that opens the present is beautiful!
We all the time needed to start out with this massive pink gown reveal because the opening. Then she sings "Your Body," and I assumed it will be superb to have this naked vibe. We had Anthony Canney from Georgia make this corset and line the surface with this nude sequin mesh, and he did all this superb satin trim around it, and that turned our base. Afterward in the show, she wears a really comparable corset to that, and it's type of referencing the great and evil inside all of us. That idea continues to the rose coat. We needed every little thing to have this stability of excellent and evil, so the roses on that coat are all hand-done, however they go from crimson to black in this ombré.
What was the trickiest detail to get right?
Undoubtedly that opening purple gown. It's more of a prop than a gown, as a result of there are simply so many yards of cloth. There were in all probability 30 or so yards of this silk charmeuse. And we labored with Dawna Oak, who does these massive theatre exhibits, to assist us get it right. We have been all scared after Christmas that we hadn't nailed the illusion quite yet, and the phantasm of the large purple gown getting ripped off was the entire level of the opening; but Donna is a genius and she or he found out how you can layer panels on prime of the gown, to make it appear to be all the material is meshed collectively as an alternative of this straight line across.
Do you've a favorite piece from the show?
This tradition Mugler look which is predicated off their latest runway assortment. Casey Cadwallader, their artistic director, was nervous about doing a jumpsuit, because Christina is so petite and we needed to get the strains right to make it seem like the runway one. They have been pushing us to do a gown, but we stored considering that we didn't need this to be a gown present. That ended up taking three or 4 fittings to get right. And in that jumpsuit itself, each panel of cloth has these round sequins — but they're not typical sequins, they're like these 3-D printed plastic pieces, and every one is individually sewn on. So it was a real technical feat for our tailor, as a result of she needed to undo every single one simply to make the slightest changes.
Behind Christina Aguilera's Vegas residency fashionDENISE TRUSCELLO / GETTY IMAGES
I'm curious what you imply by "didn't need this to be a gown present."
Christina and I didn't want it to be the gown present. Not in a nasty approach, but I actually needed to make a mix of both [dresses and other outfits]. We didn't want it to be like some other present that already exists. Obviously, we've some of those grand moments, but I didn't need the show to be simply these old-school lounge-y vibes.
The word on everyone's lips during the last yr is eras. I'm curious, with someone like Christina — who has had such an extended, vibrant, and various profession — do you end up referencing her previous eras? Or did you attempt to create one thing new?
The toughest thing about working with Christina is that she's finished so much, and she or he by no means needs to maintain doing the same. That's the most important challenge. I'm all the time considering, What can we do this she hasn't achieved but? Particularly as that is Vegas and she or he sings some songs from [her 2010 movie]& Burlesque,& we by no means want it to really feel too instantly "showgirl." There needs to be a twist. That's why for one gown that's all crystal, we added these black leather boots and black leather gloves and sunglasses, to make it really feel not so basic. It's extra about making an attempt to& not& reference issues typically.
I'm all the time interested by backstage setups, and the way much "stuff" it takes to truly pull off costuming a manufacturing.
She has an insane number of modifications. And the amount of fishnet tights we go through is crazy. Even should you're doing a fast change and being environment friendly, issues get snagged. Similar things with underpinnings and tights — the amount of those we now have stocked! I all the time have 20 available, because I'm afraid something goes to occur. And the amount of occasions it's a must to take into consideration the place to place her microphone pack with all these modifications is hard, and our longest change is just two minutes long. Dancers-wise, we've already replaced a number of pairs of latex pants and we've solely accomplished two exhibits!
Behind Christina Aguilera's Vegas residency fashionDENISE TRUSCELLO / GETTY IMAGES
Another tips of the commerce you discovered from costuming a show like this?
We also try to have duplicates of all the footwear. Footwear are so essential to a production like this, because she has to really feel grounded and tremendous snug. She gets on and off a mattress; she walks down the runway a number of occasions. We get every shoe rubberized and strengthened with these little metallic bars in the heel, in order that they don't snap.
What did costuming this show train you about styling, and the best way you're employed?
Whenever you're doing a present like this, it's so much easier to start out one thing from the beginning to be quick-change friendly. We advised every designer to not put zippers into the pieces, and put our personal no. 5 zippers in — they're actually thick, never jam, and are really easy to zip up. So we reverse-designed the whole lot, and that saved us a lot time in alterations.
Additionally, I all the time attempt to deal with everyone really properly, even when we're all the time burdened. Panicking or stressing or spreading that nervousness doesn't assist anybody. We had a couple of days off for Christmas, but we have been all-hands-on-deck working until right up before the present. It's so essential to take care of that environment, because it helps everyone trust.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Fans of the film are already flocking to Drayton House, the mansion which served as Felix Catton's ancestral residence, and the film's essential capturing location. However where precisely is the real-life Saltburn, can you go to — and who lives there?
The place was& Saltburn& filmed?
Saltburn was filmed at Drayton House, a crenellated, Baroque façade mansion with 127 rooms that dates back to around 1300, and sits inside a sprawling, 200-acre estate dotted with function pools and formal gardens. You'd be forgiven for considering the maze — famously a focal point of the movie — is a star attraction, however this was truly erected in the grounds for filming and dismantled when the crew left.
Behind the scenes at Drayton House, the real-life SaltburnAMAZON PRIME
The estate (which was lately valued by Agent Advice at roughly £42.5 million/AU$82 million) is located within the sleepy, Northamptonshire village of Lowick and is usually closed to the public. The situation "wanted to be one thing that hadn't been used earlier than. This hadn't been photographed even, not to mention put on movie," saidSaltburn's director, Emerald Fennell. "We all the time needed the exact sense that it's a actual place. Once I first went into the house the busts within the nice hall had foolish hats on them and I was like, 'That's exactly it. That's precisely what it must feel like.' To the people who reside here it's just house and it's simply funny. These grand issues are just the muddle of your on a regular basis life. That was one thing I felt we hadn't actually seen earlier than."
Behind the scenes at Drayton House, the real-life SaltburnEPK
Who lives at Drayton House?
The estate has been occupied by the Stopford-Sackville family since 1770, and Charles Lionel Stopford-Sackville is the current incumbent. He and his family are famously personal, so the estate is often closed to the general public — though guided tours and private parties can be arranged by appointment.
The family only agreed to the home being used the situation for& Saltburn, so long as its identify was by no means talked about on display.
Behind the scenes at Drayton House, the real-life SaltburnAMAZON PRIME
How was Drayton Home reworked into Saltburn?
The home's personal possession turned out to be a bonus for Fennell and her workforce: usually, English heritage legal guidelines forbid the alteration of period buildings during filming — in this case, nevertheless, the house owners gave their blessing to Fennell and the production designer Suzie Davies to vary the interiors where required. The TV room, for instance, is often a breakfast room, and Davies ripped up the carpet, added silk panels and painted it.
The group added topiary, artwork and sculptures, and introduced in furnishings from Tons Street Auctions in London. A number of the trendy paintings was created by the artwork division, however the group also obtained permission to reproduce pieces by artists including Ryan Mosley and Colin Harris, and created portraits of the Catton family that can be seen throughout the house.
Behind the scenes at Drayton House, the real-life SaltburnAMAZON PRIME
"In a Nationwide Belief or English heritage website, I wouldn't be capable of go near it!" Davies said. Felix and Oliver's bedrooms are precise rooms in the house, however have been altered for cinematic effect. "We flipped them round, painted them, took tapestries down, and put them back up," Davies says. "We turned a bed room into a toilet and a toilet right into a dressing room." In the shared rest room that connects Felix and Oliver's rooms — and yes, where that scene was filmed — a shower was made particularly to accommodate Jacob Elordi's 6ft 5in frame.
Then, in fact, there was the pivotal celebration scene. "We just went for it," says Davies. "We had some music on and we had a riot dressing it. We planned it inside an inch of its life, anyway. We had a staff doing greens, a group doing sculptures, a workforce doing the nightclub. It was a crazy experience." A vibe that – in case you've seen Saltburn — you'll know is clearly reflected within the film itself.
Five of the perfect purple shampoos for sustaining your blonde hair and banishing brassiness
Want your hair that good degree of pure blonde — without the nasty yellow undertone? We asked the specialists what to look for in your haircare merchandise. By Dani Maher
WHETHER PLATINUM, pure or golden, blonde hair appears to by no means go out of favor — just ask Gigi Hadid, whose current foray into icy blonde territory is certain to encourage various lookalike makeovers in upcoming months. And with Margot Robbie's Barbie being one of the hyped films of the yr,& little question we'll be seeing a lot more buttery-and-bleached hair inspiration within the lead-up. "Barbie blonde" has been touted as one of the hottest hair colours of 2023, courtesy of Barbiecore mania.
However as everyone knows, being a blonde isn't breezy. There's one dreaded aspect impact of blonde-ness that all of us need to keep away from —& and that's brassiness. Principally, 'brassiness' refers back to the undesirable warm tones that can present up in lighter hair tones, making your hair take a look at greatest unnatural and at worst unhealthy.
Fortunately, those yellow, orange, or even pink undertones are avoidable — all you want is an effective purple shampoo. Whether you're a bottle or natural blonde, internationally famend Australian hair stylist (and founder of the eponymous haircare model) Kevin Murphy says you'll be able to profit from investing in a very good one.
"Bottle blondes should cope with toners fading and heat coming by way of," he tells BAZAAR, "and pure blondes should cope with environmental sources affecting their hair — like swimming, air pollution, UV and extra".
Best purple shampoos for "Barbie blonde" hairWARNER BROTHERS
What is purple shampoo?
Based on Murphy, blonde — or purple — shampoos "work by counteracting the yellow and warm tones that may seem in blonde hair."
In case you're just a little confused or concerned concerning the typically vivid shade of violet or blue that signify a blonde shampoo, Murphy says that it's all about primary colour principle. "They are most probably violet or blue-based and once you take a look at a colour wheel, these tones sit reverse yellow and heat tones which mean they'll neutralise warmth.
Which purple shampoo is greatest to make use of?
When investing in a superb purple shampoo, Murphy says there's a couple of key issues you must look for.
"You need to look for components that also add a variety of hydration and moisture, because you also need your hair to be in prime situation so as to maintain onto the tone," he explains. "Things like shea butter, hydrolysed silk proteins and amino acids are all nice components to have in a blonde shampoo."
With that in mind, we've rounded up a number of of the internet's most highly-rated picks under.
What can we are saying — Kevin Murphy is aware of his stuff. Having used this shampoo in my somewhat blonder days, I can affirm that it lives up to its many five-star critiques. It's a shampoo that leaves your hair clean but not stripped, and completely radiant with no hint of brassiness. It's cruelty-free, vegan and paraben-free in addition — and it smells pleasant.
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Enriched with cool pigments from unique Japanese know-how innovations, and violet dye to counteract brassiness, this luxurious shampoo guarantees to go away your hair radiant. Japanese white peony additionally circumstances hair fibre when you wash, for added power and well being.
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Moroccanoil has a number of the most nourishing, hair-loving (and deliciously scented) haircare merchandise available on the market — and in line with all evaluations, their blonde perfecting shampoo is not any exception. Violet pigments counteract any traces of yellow or orange tones, while reviving highlights and utilizing ArganID know-how to repair hair from the within out.
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From Australian haircare model NAK comes this anti-yellow shampoo with a blue-purple tone to create runway-ready platinum and silvery hues. Suitable on highlighted, lightened natural or blonde hair, as well as white and grey hair — it's an all-round crowd pleaser. Plus, it's paraben and sulphate free.
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Should you really need to bask in your haircare, any magnificence editor will inform you that Olaplex is the best way to go. Their purple shampoo cleanses, tones and repairs whereas protecting hair hydrated from root to finish — completely nourishing, especially for dyed hair. It's super brightening, and BAZAAR's resident blonde, digital editor Tessa Ogle, raved about this shampoo from her first use of it — the distinction was that noticeable.
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With time, even the perfect blondes can flip uninteresting. That's why it's necessary to arm yourself with salon-quality shampoo reminiscent of O&M's Conquer Blonde. This shampoo is formulated with violet pigment to take away brassiness from blonde and silver hair; desert lime, a natural antioxidant; Aloe Vera, which naturally softens and hydrates the hair; and Jojoba Esters to assist colour retention and stop fading.
How typically do you have to wash your hair with purple shampoo?
In accordance with Murphy, "it could possibly depend upon the condition of your hair," together with a number of different environmental elements that may improve brassiness.
"I wish to recommend to blondes that utilizing a blonde shampoo every second or third wash is often sufficient. During summer time if you end up swimming rather a lot and out within the sunshine, chances are you'll need to use it every time you wash your hair as these parts can make hair throw plenty of undesirable yellow warmth. The occasions that you simply do use it, it does exchange your traditional shampoo."
How do you employ purple shampoo?
It's fairly simple and just like regular shampoos, however Murphy has a couple of ideas for professional software.
"Begin together with your hair super moist, moist during so you'll be able to work the product right into a wealthy lather," he says. "Make certain it is distributed evenly, and if your hair is lengthy, work the shampoo down the hair shaft, don't just rely on it shifting down if you rinse —you'll want to actively work it by means of. You possibly can depart it on for a couple of minutes but usually the firming begins right away."
Black eyeliner gets the Dior Haute Couture treatmentLAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT
"It is a two-step eye look, emphasized by a robust smoky liner on the lower lash line, and brightened by a light-weight shade on the eyelid," Peter Philips, Artistic and Image Director for Dior Make-up, says of the make-up for the present. "Eyes appeared each intense and smooth."
Black eyeliner isn't new to Dior's runways. It was seen most just lately on the house's high fashion and Spring/Summer time 2023 exhibits, and has turn into a staple of Chiuri's magnificence aesthetic. What makes the Spring 2024 high fashion eye look totally different is that it appears solely on the decrease lash line and waterline, and additionally it is much more dimensional than just a swipe of a liner pencil like the Diorshow On Stage Crayon Kohl Liner. Artists have been seen layering the deepest chocolate shade from the Diorshow 5 Couleurs in 539 Grand Bal to the lids, which added a bit extra texture. Smoky but never messy, this can be a makeup look that is equal elements refined and attractive, both basic and funky.
Black eyeliner gets the Dior Haute Couture treatmentLAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT
Black eyeliner gets the Dior Haute Couture treatmentMATTEO SCARPELLINI / LAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT
The rest of the makeup look was straightforward: outlined brows, recent pores and skin, and a swipe of balm that was shiny sufficient to appear to be the must-have Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil, a favourite of the TikTok era's. (It was truly the brand new Rouge Dior Balm in #000 Satin.)
Black eyeliner gets the Dior Haute Couture treatmentLAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT
Black eyeliner gets the Dior Haute Couture treatmentMATTEO SCARPELLINI / LAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT
And worry not: The hair bow development isn't going anyplace. On the Dior runway, black ribbon was tied across the hair like a headscarf, and secured in a bow on the nape. The remainder of the hair was pulled right into a low braided chignon. This was the right effortlessly feminine contact — and a call to action to start out saving each piece of black ribbon you encounter ahead of spring.
"Australian Style Week is an occasion like no different. 2024 marks the return of Carla Zampatti to Australian Style Week after a 4-year absence, and we're all very excited to convey the model to the most important stage in Australian style: the Carla Zampatti runway at Australian Style Week in Sydney. It's a milestone for the model as we launch internationally," stated Alex Schuman, CEO of Carla Zampatti in a press release released Monday.
Carla Zampatti to return to Fashion Week after four yearsThe model's AW23 collection, created in collaboration with artist Lindy Lee | COURTESY CARLA ZAMPATTI
The comeback catwalk shall be held on Might 13, the opening night time of the annual five-day occasion. The official show will begin at 6pm, with an encore show — which shoppers can attend, with tickets out there from February — to be held at 8pm.
At the time of writing, Carla Zampatti is likely one of the few manufacturers to have confirmed its spot on this yr's roster of exhibits and the official schedule is but to be introduced.
