ALL ABOUT GODDESSES: Maria Grazia Chiuri’s latest couture collection for Dior was inspired by goddesses, so it was fitting that she had Valkyrie herself — in the shape of Natalie Portman a minimum of — sitting within the front row.

Portman, who plays the Norse goddess within the “Thor” film series, was all smiles catching up with Léa Seydoux because the two took their seats within the front row. She shared hugs with Dior chair and chief executive officer Delphine Arnault and LVMH Fashion Group CEO Sidney Toledano.

Gemma Arterton, a Dior regular, played it cool in a summery shorts ensemble.

“She’s a robust female and we love her because she’s just so supportive of anyone that’s an artist,” she said of Chiuri’s work. “The garments are really feminine but empowering. You’re feeling good in them — you don’t feel awkward.”

The actress recently wrapped “The Critic,” a movie adapted from the Anthony Quinn novel, costarring Ian McKellen.

“He’s amazing. I loved working with him. He’s very humble. Very, very modest. He’s eightysomething, and he’s just the toughest working guy. It was an honor to work with him,” she said of pairing with the legendary actor. As for when the film will premiere, Arterton said she is in the dead of night. “I don’t know. I feel it’s in a while this yr. I never know anything about any of the work I do.”

Alexandra Daddario just wrapped “I Wish You the Best,” which marks the primary time Tommy Dorfman has stepped behind the camera.

“She’s wonderful. She’s so confident and that’s a really hard thing to do,” she said of working with Dorfman. “It’s very easy to get on a set and with every little thing that you will have to cope with kind of lose control and she or he had control of the set as if she has been doing it for years.”

It was Daddario’s first time attending a Dior show, but she heaped praise on Chiuri’s work. “You usually wish to have that combination of feeling sexy and complex and fashionable and classic and like the perfect version of yourself,” she said of the jacket, skirt and tank combination she was wearing. “It’s beyond a dream come true.…It’s like a teenage dream.”

The “White Lotus” actress even brought her mom along as her date. “It’s the primary time she has visited Paris in 50 years,” she said of the mother-daughter trip.

Thuso Mbedu was treating the show as an early birthday event, ahead of her big day this weekend. “It’s my first couture show, and this yr is about recent experiences. It’s my birthday in a few days, so that is a great technique to have a good time it,” the actress said of hitting 32 on the calendar. She’ll be on vacation in Croatia to blow out the candles before taking up a recent top secret project in the autumn.

Meg Bellamy, fresh off her first role as Kate Middleton in “The Crown,” was attending her first fashion show. “I’ve been so well taken care of,” she said. Grazia even constructed a pair of custom vegan heels for the actress.

Dior regular Rosamund Pike brought her two young sons along for the primary time.

“Maria Grazia at all times appears to be inspired by one other artist. She seems to at all times take inspiration from other artists so I expect to have all of it decorated by someone else inspiring,” she said. “Dior is at all times a celebration of elegance, and high fashion is at all times the chance to spend probably the most time creating probably the most exquisite things.”

The gathering featured Grecian-inspired gowns, floor-grazing filigree capes, and gilt chain mail for probably the most fashion-forward goddesses around. — RHONDA RICHFORD

BY THE RIVER: Chanel’s morning show could have taken place on the banks of the Seine River, but Camila Morrone was still riding the wave of the Biarritz International Film Festival. The actress sat on the jury that features young filmmakers, and said she had the time of her life on the festival, where Penélope Cruz was the guest of honor and Chanel a sponsor.

“It was probably the most eye-opening, thrilling experience I’ve had thus far,” she said of discussing movies and seeing work from recent directors. “It’s so hard to select a ‘best film.’ They each had beautiful elements to them. And, in fact, when you realize how much work goes into making a movie, there’s no technique to ever say that a movie isn’t good. Just when you realize the labor of affection that goes into filmmaking and years of your life that it takes to lift up a story and get it off the bottom.”

She just wrapped Patricia Arquette’s directorial debut “Gonzo Girl,” costarring Arquette and Willem Dafoe. The story is loosely based on Hunter S. Thompson. Working with the Hollywood veterans was “life-changing,” she said.

The film will likely be making the festival rounds in the autumn. Now that she has been on the opposite side, she’s putting herself on the market. “I’m on the lookout for my next jury. Who wants me on their jury? I’m a jury girl. I would like to do like one jury a yr,” she joked.

Riley Keough was glammed up ‘70s disco style in a glittery jumpsuit, platform sandals and massive “No. 5” necklace.

“It wasn’t the perfect selection for the weather, but it surely was my favorite,” she said of the slinky style. The show was “cinematic and almost like a Seventies film. They really set the scene with the Eiffel Tower and the Seine.”

Keough is gearing up for the U.S. premiere of her directorial debut, “War Pony,” on July 28. “It’s been a extremely long journey and it’s been trickling out slowly. So I’ve turn into really comfortable with it,” she said of the film, which premiered in Cannes and took the Golden Camera prize for best first film.

In the intervening time she is tackling acting projects, but hopes to get behind the camera again soon. “It’s just a distinct a part of your brain and it’s very fulfilling. They each have their challenges,” she said. Then it’s off to vacation for the summer to spend time along with her family.

Keough had more in common with fellow guest, Oscar-winner Sofia Coppola, then just Chanel. Coppola is ending up a movie in regards to the lifetime of Keough’s grandmother Priscilla Presley, from Elvis’ young bride’s viewpoint.

Coppola keeps an apartment in Paris, though she relocated to Latest York City, and she or he’s been spending time along with her in-laws within the South of France for the summer. “They’re in Provence, so I did learn the way to make ratatouille,” she said.

Coppola famously interned at Chanel in her teens, and said the show was like a family reunion. She’s known creative director Virginie Viard eternally, and model Carole Bouquet is “like an aunt” to her.

“It was really fun to work with someone recent and see what they’re able to. She really anchors it,” Coppola said of Cailee Spaeny, who plays Priscilla within the film. Jacob Elordi is Elvis.

“It was really daunting. The concept of Elvis especially,” she said of the casting process. “Jacob just transformed. And Cailee needed to play [Priscilla] from 15 to twenty-eight so she has to play an entire life. But I met them and just felt like they may do it. You never know until you might be on [set], but it surely’s like you will have to go along with it until you do.”

Chanel did a special search for the film, which will likely be premiering in October.

For Lupita Nyong’o, it’s been an extended relationship with the home, which has dressed her for several red carpets.

“It’s a brand that actually knows its identity, with I assume you could possibly call it exploration and playfulness, while just following who they’re. I like that it’s consistent.” While her personal style has shifted since 2020, she remains to be on the lookout for “easy put-together-ness.”

“I would like to look good, but I don’t wish to be in pain doing it,” she joked. She had on a summery shorts outfit in purple, with a coordinating manicure.

She just wrapped “A Quiet Place: Day One,” costarring Joseph Quinn and Djimon Hounsou.

“It was one of the rewarding experiences of my profession. It was just incredibly the proper amount of challenge and collaboration,” she said of the psychological horror film. “It was an environment that actually means that you can go to scary places. That’s the way you grow. I learned to give up so much on this project, and as an artist I actually needed to give up my ego with a view to do the work. It was a really bare experience.”

Jenna Coleman, who played Queen Victoria for several seasons within the period drama “Victoria,” and starred within the gothic drama “The Sandman” last yr, said she is changing up her style. The peony pink ensemble of the day was sartorial evidence.

Costumes with corsets really change your mood, she added. “It affects the way in which an individual can display emotion and what’s held in — Victoria was literally bursting on the seams,” she said. Working on a personality, she starts from the shoes up, she added.

Next up is the series “Wilderness,” which was an intense 4 month shoot within the Grand Canyon. Mountaineering boots helped her get into character. “I like the outside, but I like the town and the outside. I would like to have one and the opposite as an antidote for a little bit of each.

“I had never seen a dog on a runway before. There ought to be more,” she joked of the show. “Let’s carry wicker baskets and walk across the river — they really created a scene.”

French actress Clémence Poésy was expertly navigating the cobblestones with grace, despite a preference for studios while walking in Paris. “I never wear this high of shoes, ever,” she said, as she reveled within the show’s setting.  

Poésy grew up within the suburbs of the capital. “As a young person, all I desired to do was are available and walk along the Seine and shop on the bouquinistes on the weekend. This felt deeply Parisian and a bit like a setting in ‘60s French cinema.”

She’s just wrapped the second season of “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon,” which takes the title character from the Southern U.S. to France.

“To unexpectedly dive into that genre was a really interesting experience. We touch on a whole lot of things I’ve never done before,” said the “Tenet” actress, noting that she has to maintain mum on the show for fear of showing spoilers. “I’ll say that there are a whole lot of surprises.”

“Vikings: Valhalla” star Frida Gustavsson has walked in several Chanel shows in her former modeling days, but it surely was her first time on the side of the seats. She declared it “wonderful,” and said that acting had at all times been her goal.

“Modeling form of fell into my lap and I believed I should make probably the most out of it. The years form of rolled by and I used to be doing quite well, then I made a decision I needed to jump off the train.”

She jumped into the Netflix series, where she spends her time sword-fighting and doing stunts.

“There may be fighting galore. It gets greater,” she said of the upcoming season, which has wrapped but will premiere in January. She trains six days every week and keeps a really strict regimen. “I’ve form of got the hang of it, but in fact desired to push myself and make it more intense, so there’s a fight scene in season three that I feel I’m probably the most happy with.

“It expands into recent continents and recent cultures, and there are some characters that the audience really longed to satisfy, they usually’re gonna be on this,” she revealed.

As for comparing the 2 careers, “Whenever you’re a model you don’t should risk your life,” she joked in regards to the death-defying stunts she does on the show. “But I had a whole lot of respect for the women walking today.” — R.R.

FLOWER TALE: Benedict Cumberbatch is the most recent actor to affix the wealthy roster of talents from the movie industry fronting ad campaigns for Prada.

Posing in a solo image, wearing a duffle coat and facing a life-size orchid against an intense black backdrop, Cumberbatch is flanked by other newcomers to the Prada campaign set, including his costar in Jane Campion’s 2021 movie “The Power of the Dog,” Kodi Smit-McPhee. The clean-cut Australian movie star wears a tan bomber jacket and slim-fit tailored pants and is portrayed opposite a nigella blue flower.

Chinese actor Li Xian, known for his 2020 role in “Soul Snatcher,” can also be recent to the squad, here portrayed in a floor-length parka facing a vivid yellow calathea crotalifera flower, joining Hunter Schafer and Letitia Wright, who each appeared in previous Prada ads. The previous was captured in a glossy red leather jacket matching a vermilion peony diana parks blossom. All three talents are Prada ambassadors.

Lensed by Willy Vanderperre, the campaign intends to explore “everlasting, timeless values of humanity, universal emotions,” similar to beauty, care and love, Prada said in an announcement, with blown-up flowers used as a metaphor of “beauty between the on a regular basis and the extraordinary.”

A video flanking the ad campaign scripted by Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of “The Hours,” shows each talent in paradoxical conversation with the respective blooms.

Cumberbatch is poised to star in Wes Anderson’s upcoming 37-minute-long movie, an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” for Netflix.

A BAFTA, Emmy and a Laurence Olivier Award winner and Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, Cumberbatch has most recently reprised his role as Doctor Strange in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness” movie. A London native, he was appointed a CBE at Buckingham Palace for services to the performing arts and to charity in 2015 by the late Queen Elizabeth II. — MARTINO CARRERA

THEATRICAL DEBUT: Guests including Cardi B, Diane Keaton, Karina from K-pop girl band Aespa, Ayo Edebiri, Maisie Williams and Lee Pace all faced a steep climb up the steps from the rear entrance of the Palais Garnier to achieve the setting for Thom Browne’s debut couture showing Monday afternoon.

“I’m imagining something goes to occur to that curtain,” said Baz Luhrmann, who knows greater than a thing or two about theaters. He even got married on the Sydney Opera House, he reminisced fondly.

He was right: after guests settled into their seats for the show, the curtains parted, accompanied by a sea of gasps from the audience, to disclose the gilded interior of the opera house with its red velvet seats and spectacular fresco ceiling by Marc Chagall. The runway space was the theater’s stage itself; within the audience, a full house of black-and-white cardboard cutouts, each wearing shades and signature Thom Browne, looked on.

“He’s an important, singular artist,” said Luhrmann of Browne, musing on what it takes to face out in today’s fashion world. “Have a look at what Pharrell did; for the younger generation, there’s no line between fashion, music, art, popular culture, and we do have to ‘eventize,’ to have an enormous idea. It’s now not ok to simply walk up and down and say take a look at the garments, I don’t think. As beautiful as the garments are, that engagement process is tapped out, because we’re living in a distinct, collective world.”

Cardi B, who had become a gilded headpiece and a tweed tailored dress since her dramatic entrance at Schiaparelli Monday morning, admitted she had never been to the opera before. For her, the dramatic staging of the show — beyond the theatrical setting — evoked a story. “It was like a Latest York day, someone who had a extremely long day, and there are people walking around them, some persons are nice, some persons are pondering an excessive amount of of labor. It just jogs my memory of a Latest York day, with fashion in it,” she mused.

Maisie Williams, who often takes in Thom Browne in Paris, said she found it hard to imagine he had not done couture before. “It feels crazy that that is the primary one,” she said. “I can’t wait to see how far he pushes it, it’s exciting to see what he’s able to doing.”

Williams was making the most of some day off from work resulting from strike motion on the Author’s Guild of America. “The entire industry is at a bit little bit of a standstill, so I’ve been taking the time to see my friends and hand around in London, and it’s been really lovely,” she said. She also enjoyed down time on the recent Glastonbury Festival. “That was amazing, I saw the Arctic Monkeys, I saw Elton John, I saw the Foo Fighters, I saw The Chicks, I saw Romy. Romy was the perfect act for me, I got all of the technique to the front on the barrier and I danced my little heart out for an hour.” — ALEX WYNNE

TAKING FLIGHT: The week got off to a flying start at Schiaparelli on Monday with Cardi B in a fantastic shrug that resembled giant wings for the high fashion’s kick-off show.

Cardi B made her dramatic entrance in a velvet gown that she declared “beautiful, amazing.”

“I’m about to take a seat next to Tracee Ellis Ross,” she exclaimed. “I’ll see you after the show, my little truffles.” But because the show ended she was overwhelmed by guests attempting to snap photos along with her and made a fast exit.

The large wings were less shocking than last season’s hyper-realistic animal-themed pieces at Schiaparelli. The cape was constructed of layered wool tufts to amplify the amount — and was faux indisputably.

Ellis Ross, who has worn Schiaparelli on several red carpets — including a fantastic bird hat on one occasion — was more relaxed in a purple pajama-style silk suit. She said she attended Daniel Roseberry’s first couture collection back in 2019 and has been capable of see him grow as a designer.

“I’ve worn beautiful things. He’s such an artist. I like the way in which he transforms his inspiration with every collection. And particularly with couture, then you definately get to see him and his full glory,” she said of Roseberry.

The actress just accomplished the film “Cold Copy” with Jeffrey Wright, which is making the film festival rounds now.

“It was such a distinct character than I’ve ever played. I don’t even smile. She’s an actual terrible person but it surely was really fun to play. And I even have straight hair with bangs,” she said of the film’s style. Next up is a Christmas movie, “Candy Cane Lane,” with Eddie Murphy.

Ellis Ross doesn’t shrink back from taking risks on the red carpet. “I just love clothes, and I like the art of garments. They’re a type of creative expression for me,” she said, admitting she devotes a whole lot of floor space in her home to housing her wardrobe.

“I took a room and a half, well, two rooms. I don’t have kids, in order that’s the bedrooms,” she joked of what takes up space in her life.

“Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie was seated next to model Marisa Berenson, and the 2 made fast friends within the front row. They snapped selfies and asked bystanders to take photos and videos of them together.

Christie, who has long been a fan of Roseberry’s, praised the show.

“I like seeing the evolution of Daniel’s craft. And I feel that craft is something that isn’t necessarily focused on in our world. But what I see is the evolution of a well-trained designer branching out his imagination, but additionally continuing to form a particularly pleased relationship together with his atelier, and it’s a delight to receive that work,” she said.

As for the worlds of drama and design colliding, she added: “They’re similar when it comes to craft, but they’re very, very different.”

Roseberry presented loads of looks that may make their red carpet mark. Many had dramatic volume with blanket-size proportions, mirrored suits and a skirt constructed from gold stones. Irina Shayk walked in a wrap of flowers that dramatically descended down her arm, and last looks were on white silk with painted feathers. — R.R.

ON STAGE: SCAD Lacoste, the French branch of the Savannah College of Art and Design, is staging an exhibition of costumes created by Christian Lacroix at its SCAD FASH Lacoste museum space in Provence over the summer.

The exhibition, which opened Saturday and runs through Nov. 1, features 40 costumes created by the designer for a production of Henrik Ibsen’s most famous play, “Peer Gynt,” on the Comédie Française, France’s oldest theater company.

Lacroix began a daily collaboration with the general public theater troupe within the ’90s, and has created the costumes for a wide range of productions over time, winning two Molière awards for his designs.

“Embellished with exuberant colours and wealthy details, his work is synonymous with elegance and will be admired as much on the catwalk as on the stage,” stated SCAD Lacoste, which described the costumes as drawing viewers into an “unpredictable narrative” between Lacroix’s style and Ibsen’s saga.

SCAD Lacoste, which offers a study abroad program in state-of-the-art facilities housed in greater than 30 renovated historic buildings within the picturesque medieval village of Lacoste, inaugurated its exhibition space last yr with the aim of attracting a broader public to the village.

Staging two exhibitions a yr during tourist season, previous shows because the space opened have focused on the work of Isabel Toledo, Azzedine Alaïa and Julien Fournié.

The village of Lacoste can also be home to the castle formerly owned by the Marquis de Sade, which was bought and restored by Pierre Cardin, who launched an annual summer festival. All of those efforts have contributed to putting the village, which is home to simply a couple of hundred everlasting residents, on the map. — A.W.

IN FULL BLOOM: The concept of a collaboration blossomed from the moment that Philosophy’s Lorenzo Serafini and jewellery designer Bea Bongiasca met.

“In a creative process, finding a soulmate isn’t that common,” Serafini told WWD on the Paris unveiling of the duo’s designs. He added that he and Bongiasca clicked immediately upon being introduced by mutual friends over a shared vision of color, joy and creativity.

That is the primary time that Philosophy has collaborated with a jewellery brand, with Serafini describing Bongiasca “a powerhouse of ideas and enthusiasm.” Serafini added that he and Bongiasca would love the collaboration to proceed in future seasons.

Asked what she liked about his work, the Milan-based Bongiasca spoke enthusiastically about Serafini’s designs, specifically his volumes and colours. “And we’re neighbors,” she added.

Collaborations are like “an escapism from your personal job,” said the jewellery designer, who had previously worked on eyewear designs with Linda Farrow. That is the primary time she is working with a fashion label.

“It’s at all times really interesting to talk over with other brands since you’re so wrapped up in your personal world that you simply don’t know what’s happening outside,” she continued.

For his or her joint collection, she and Serafini agreed on dressing her 9-karat gold designs in enamel tones that match the Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini resort palette of lilac, red and a splash of black.

The gathering includes stylized flower hoop earrings; one other swirly model that climbs on the ear; a necklace, and three ring shapes, including Bongiasca’s bestselling Vine design.

That Vine style is finished with a purple amethyst that “he keeps pushing on everyone,” Bongiasca said with fun, holding her own bejeweled hand up to point out it off.

Priced between $560 for enamel earrings and as much as $1,300 for the adjustable choker and its four-leaf pendant, the Philosophy x Bea Bongiascia collection will likely be sold from November at the jewellery designer’s Milan store and online in addition to through a collection of retailers that carry Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini. — LILY TEMPLETON

COLOR CULT: Trade show Tranoï, which continues to hone its fashion-forward positioning, has turned to stylist Marylin Fitoussi to style its latest campaign.

The stylist is best known internationally for her work as costume designer for the hit Netflix show “Emily in Paris,” notably the colourful outfits chosen for lead actress Lily Collins.

The visuals for the September edition of the show, which is able to showcase spring 2024 ready-to-wear collections, feature model Eva Roche in colourful outfits chosen in tandem with the Tranoï team and synonymous with Fitoussi’s distinctive stylistic take.

Back in March, Fitoussi spoke to WWD about how the success of “Emily” has allowed her to shine a highlight on talented young designers through the series, with some gaining massive exposure.

Emerging designers make up much of the exhibitor base at Tranoï, where she praised colourful collections that represented a contrast with what she had seen on the runways for fall.

Marylin Fitoussi, born in Toulouse within the Southwest of France grew up with a love of clothing inherited from her mother, a seamstress, and her grandmother, who collected fashion. She studied art history on the Ecole du Louvre in addition to textile design, and has since cultivated a following for her distinctive way of constructing character through costume selection.

Tranoï will happen on the Palais Brongniart from Sept. 28 through Oct. 1, during Paris Fashion Week. — A.W.

GOOD HAIR DAYS: To have a good time Blackpink, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Lana Del Rey acting at British Summer Time Hyde Park in London, American Express, the concert’s fundamental sponsor, enlisted the assistance of celebrity hairstylist Peter Lux for an on-site activation.

This yr, the theme was the 2000s with a Y2K Hair Bar and three hairstyles for guests to try.

In a Zoom interview from Los Angeles, Lux said his hairstyle inspirations got here from “all the standard popular culture suspects of that point — Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Gwen Stefani. I do think that Stefani had a large influence on the hair, makeup and the outfits.”

Hairstyles included space buns, colourful crimps and a spiky zigzag.

He said the concept was about “having fun,” and the three styles work for each form of hair texture, too.

Lux works with the likes of Florence Pugh, Simone Ashley and Dua Lipa. He worked with the latter on her music video for “Dance the Night,” one in every of the singles in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” film, which comes out later this month.

“I began after I was 17 and I used to be at all times really good in class with making things. I discovered my calling with hair because I just enjoyed the experience,” he said, adding that he at all times tries to “understand the person sitting in front of me, what they like, don’t like and likewise, it’s about making people feel good,” said the London-based hairstylist.

On site, American Express created several mall-inspired pop-ups, including a photograph lab that featured colourful backdrops; a food court with food and snacks from small businesses; a pick-and-mix station; an arcade space with games similar to Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Guitar Hero, and a customization store for any merchandise purchased. — HIKMAT MOHAMMED

FASHION SCHOOL SHUTTERS: Fashion school Studio Berçot, whose alumni include designers Isabel Marant, Martine Sitbon, Vanessa Seward, Roland Mouret and Vincent Darré, has shut its doors after financial difficulties made maintaining the varsity unviable, director Marie Rucki confirmed to WWD.

Student numbers had dwindled in recent times, said Rucki, exacerbated by the pandemic making it difficult for international students to affix the varsity, which was independently run. “Despite extremely good results, operating costs had just turn into too expensive, given the number of scholars,” Rucki said. “It’s an important shame for the career.”

The Studio Berçot, known for pushing students to cultivate a person approach to design, was opened as Cours Berçot by Suzanne Berçot in 1954 and had been run by Rucki since 1970. In addition to fashion designers, well-known stylists and editors including Camille Bidault-Waddington and Anne-Sophie Thomas are also former students.

Reacting to a post on Instagram in regards to the school’s closure, Martin Sitbon wrote, “Very sad to assume the Studio Berçot disappearing…not possible to assume even.” She continued, “My youth, where I discovered myself due to Marie Rucki.”

Lately student intake had been around 20 a yr. The college employed six staff on a everlasting basis and a roster of visiting teachers in around 6,000 square feet of premises in Paris’ tenth arrondissement.

It offered a three-year study program in fashion design and styling, followed by a yr’s internship for its students. Students who accomplished the course this yr have already reportedly secured placements at major fashion houses including Chanel and Off-White, while first-year students who desired to accomplish that have received help to transfer to alternative schools, Rucki said. — A.W.