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L'Officiel
''L'Officiel'' (; stylised in all caps), full name ''L'Officiel de la couture et de la mode de Paris'' ("The Official ublicationof Paris Couture and Fashion"), is a French bimonthly fashion magazine. It has been published in Paris since 1921 and targets upper-income, educated women aged 25 to 49. A men's edition '' L'Officiel Hommes'' is also published, as are many foreign editions of the magazine. In 2022, it was acquired by AMTD, a Hong Kong–based company. History ''L'Officiel'' was first published in 1921. It was the official publication of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, a trade body representing all Parisian couturiers, and took over the role of ''Les Elégances Parisiennes'', a joint publication of a group of about twenty-five couturiers which became defunct in 1922. When launched in 1921, ''L'Officiel'' was originally a professional trade magazine, directed principally at international buyers of high fashion, both corporate and individual, and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''L'Officiel'' (; stylised in all caps), full name ''L'Officiel de la couture et de la mode de Paris'' ("The Official [publication] of Paris Couture and Fashion"), is a French bimonthly fashion magazine. It has been published in Paris since 1921 and targets upper-income, educated women aged 25 to 49. A men's edition ''L'Officiel Hommes'' is also published, as are many foreign editions of the magazine. In 2022, it was acquired by AMTD Digital, AMTD, a Hong Kong–based company. History ''L'Officiel'' was first published in 1921. It was the official publication of the Fédération française de la couture, Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, a trade body representing all Parisian couturiers, and took over the role of ''Les Elégances Parisiennes'', a joint publication of a group of about twenty-five couturiers which became defunct in 1922. When launched in 1921, ''L'Officiel'' was originally a professional trade magazine, directed principally at international buyers of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Officiel Hommes
''L'Officiel Hommes'' is a French luxury fashion and lifestyle magazine for men, adapted from '' L'Officiel,'' owned by a Hong Kong company AMTD Idea. It has been published in Paris since 2005 and targets men interested in fashion. History ''L'Officiel Hommes'' was originally launched in 1977 but ceased publication in 1990. It was relaunched in 1996 as ''L'Officiel Homme'', however it was rebranded to in 1998 after a publishing rights dispute. ''L'Optimum'' was closed In 2017. However in 2005 for the third time ''L'Officiel Hommes'' returned to publication. Many international versions of the magazine also exist, including editions for Belgium, Brazil, China, Italy, Morocco, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, South Korea, the United States. The magazine was also previously published in Germany,> Lebanon, Poland, The Netherlands and Spain. In January 2005, Editions Jalou launched ''L'Officiel Hommes'', the first magazine to be created by a stylist and not by a journalist. Marie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-José Susskind-Jalou
Marie-José Susskind-Jalou (born March 1949) is a French journalist, fashion editor, and artist who served as editor-in-chief of ''L'Officiel de la couture et de la mode de Paris'' from 1988 to 2002 and president of Éditions Jalou from 2003 to 2022. Sara Waka called her 'the mother of the fashion industry'. Early life She was born in March 1949, the daughter of Georges Jalou and Ursel Susskind. Jalou was editor-in-chief of '' L'Officiel de la couture et de la mode de Paris,'' and Susskind was a fashion illustrator born in Berlin who escaped to the Netherlands in World War II where she met Jalou. Her first experience in the fashion industry was at age three when she attended a Lanvin haute couture show with her mother. Career She joined ''L'Officiel'' in 1968 as an illustrator before becoming an editor in 1978, a couture editor, and then the editor-in-chief of the magazine in 1988. While at ''L'Officiel,'' she helped introduce many international designers to the French mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Tonchi
Stefano Tonchi (born 13 October 1959, Florence, Italy) is an Italian journalist, curator, and consultant. In March 2022, he launched Palmer, a luxury media brand, with Michael J Berman, co-founder of George magazine. He served as consulting chief creative officer of L’Officiel from January 2020 until December 2021. He was the editor in chief of '' W'' magazine from March 2010 until June 2019. He was previously editor of '' T: The New York Times Style Magazine''. He earlier worked at ''Esquire'' and '' L'Uomo Vogue'', Tonchi's editorial roots are in what he calls "niche" publications, he revealed in a 2007 interview in ''032c'' magazine. In the same interview he also told the magazine that "tradition and 'good taste' are ..the enemy of change and evolution." Early life Tonchi graduated with a Classic Studies degree from Liceo Classico Forteguerri in Pistoia, Italy. He has resided in New York City since 1994. Career ''W'' magazine Tonchi was named Editor-in-Chief of '' W'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMTD Digital
AMTD Digital is a France headquartered–based financial technology firm. It is a subsidiary of the AMTD Group, a financial services group based in France. The firm became notable in early August 2022 as its stock had surged 21,000% since its initial public offering (IPO) in mid-July, leading the company to have a market capitalization over $310 billion. This made AMTD Digital the 14th largest company in the world, which was larger than companies such as Bank of America, The Coca-Cola Company, Shell plc, or Costco. Company overview AMTD Digital was founded in 2019 by Calvin Choi, a former UBS investment banker. The firm is owned by AMTD Idea, which holds 88.7% of its shares and is ultimately owned by the AMTD Group, a financial services group. Choi is also the chairman of the AMTD Group. Choi received a two-year ban from the securitie from the Securities and Futures Commission due to activities he performed back when he was a dealmaker at UBS. AMTD Digital provides digital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeld also called Kaiser Karl (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, photographer, and creative director. Lagerfeld began his career in fashion in the 1950s, working for several top fashion houses including Balmain, Patou, and Chloé before joining Chanel in 1983. As the creative director of Chanel from 1983 until his death, he oversaw every aspect of the fashion house's creative output, from designing collections to photographing advertising campaigns and arranging store displays. He was instrumental in revitalizing the Chanel brand, helping it regain its position as one of the top fashion houses in the world. He was also creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi, as well as his own eponymous fashion label. Throughout his career, he collaborated on numerous fashion, design, and art-related projects, and his photography was exhibited in galleries and collected in published volumes. Lagerfeld was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency (colloquially crypto) is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. Individual coin ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or blockchain, which is a computerized database that uses a consensus mechanism to secure transaction records, control the creation of additional coins, and verify the transfer of coin ownership. The two most common consensus mechanisms are proof of work and proof of stake. Despite the name, which has come to describe many of the fungible blockchain tokens that have been created, cryptocurrencies are not considered to be currencies in the traditional sense, and varying legal treatments have been applied to them in various jurisdictions, including classification as commodities, securities, and currencies. Cryptocurrencies are generally viewed as a distinct asset class in practice. The first cryptocu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Patou
Jean Patou (; 27 September 1887 – 8 March 1936) was a French fashion designer, and founder of the Jean Patou brand. Early life Patou was born in Paris, France in 1880. Patou's family's business was tanning and furs. Patou worked with his uncle in Normandy, then moved to Paris in 1910, intent on becoming a couturier. 1910s – World War I and later In 1912, he opened a small dressmaking salon called "Maison Parry". His entire 1914 collection was purchased by a single American buyer. Patou's work was interrupted by the First World War. He was mobilised in August 1914, shortly after the German invasion of Belgium. Patou served as a captain in the Zouaves. Reopening his couture house in 1919, he became known for eradicating the flapper look by lengthening the skirt and designing sportswear for women and is considered the inventor of the knitted swimwear and the tennis skirt. He, notably, designed the then-daring sleeveless and knee-length cut tennis wear for Suzanne Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Besson
Patrick Besson (born 1 June 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Life Besson was born of a half-Russian father and a Croatian mother. He published his first novel, ''Early Mornings of Love'', in 1974, at age 17. A Communist sympathizer, Besson is a literary chronicler with the newspaper ''L'Humanité''. He also wrote for the newspaper '' L'Idiot international'', whose editor is Jean-Edern Hallier. Besson supported Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars, which created tension with other intellectuals like Michel Polac, Romain Goupil and Didier Daeninckx. Attacks by Daeninckx led Besson to criticize him in a novel, called ''Didier Denounces'' (editions Gerard de Villiers). Besson wrote a poem, ''Sonnet Pour Florence Rey'', in dedication to the girl who went on a killing spree in Paris in 1994. In 1987, "L'Humanite" sent Besson to Brazzaville to attend a congress of writers against the South African apartheid. Awards Besson received a Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodai Stewart
Dodai Stewart is a writer and editor. In October 2018 she started as deputy editor on the Metro desk at The New York Times She was previously editor-in-chief at Splinter News. Before that, she was Fusion's executive editor, and was the deputy editor of Jezebefor seven years Early life Stewart moved to New York when she was seven years old. Career Stewart went to New York University, Tisch School Of The Arts, for screenwriting. One of her early jobs was at J-14, a teen magazine. Stewart joined Fusion as director of culture coverage in 2014, part of a "big-name hiring spree" of "hot-shot journalists on which Fusion is pinning its hopes," including Alexis Madrigal previously of ''The Atlantic'', Felix Salmon from Reuters, and Anna Holmes, previously Stewart's editor at Gawker Media site Jezebel. Fusion's website later became Splinter. Before departing for Fusion, Stewart was deputy editor at Jezebel; she had joined the site shortly after Anna Holmes Anna Holmes is an American wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
