Looking back, moving forward

A model presents creations by Rochas [Photo/Agencies]

Along with Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli, she towered high for decades as one of the pillars of French fashion. Now iconic designer Jeanne Lanvin, who died in 1946, will be honored in a new exhibition at the Paris City Fashion museum at the Palais Galliera.

The show will be inaugurated by Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo and celebrates Lanvin as being the oldest operating fashion house in France. It's a rich legacy that has spanned the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The show will run until Aug 23.

Each X Other

Each X Other describes itself as a "new androgyne collaborative art and fashion brand, a magnetic point where roads cross and people finally meet".

At their strong debut show in Paris, brand founders Jenny Mannerheim and Ilan Delouis stuck to this mantra and injected a nice whiff of menswear to a highly cool showing of linear styles. With a funky, contemporary art space backdrop at the Palais de Tokyo and a cryptic Goethe quote on the wall, it's clear this house is trying to set itself up as a space where art meets fashion.

It worked.

Dark, silken jumpsuits with round collars contrasted with the sharp lapels and square shoulders of a menswear tuxedo. Subtle chevron patterning gave a twist to a cream overcoat. And huge textured knitting in an oversize blue cocoon sweater was an invitation to a cuddle.