Le Boudoir Numérique is a magazine, led by journalist Ludmilla Intravaia, which decrypts the impact of technology, innovation and digital on fashion and beauty
Photo of drag queen Perla in the Alexander McQueen tribute dress she wore in Episode 1 of Canada's Drag Race, Season 5, aired on November 21, 2024 (screenshot from Perla's Instagram account @callherperla, December 7, 2024 © Quinton Cruickshanks/Instagram)
On November 21, during the launch of the new season of Canada's Drag Race, contestant Perla reinterpreted the iconic finale dress from Alexander McQueen's Runway Show No. 13, featuring model Shalom Harlow and two robots.
Read MoreBalenciaga x Bananatex Triple S sneakers ©Balenciaga
The luxury brand Balenciaga has just fallen under the spell of Bananatex, a biodegradable and now vegan abacá canvas, since its beeswax coating was replaced by plant-based ingredients.
Read MoreGucci campaign, unveiled on October 30, 2023, featuring the singer Billie Eilish with the Demetra version of the Italian house's Horsebit 1955 bag (©Tyrell Hampton for Gucci)
The brand Gucci chose the singer Billie Eilish to unveil, on October 30, a new version of its Horsebit 1955 bag in Demetra, an innovative vegan and more sustainable material.
Read MoreFrom left to right, vegan and more sustainable bags Senreve and Everlane, in collaboration with Modern Meadow, unveiled respectively on March 8 and March 30, 2022 (© Everlane/Senreve)
Bio-Tex, the vegan and more sustainable alter-leather from the biofabrication company Modern Meadow is now used in bags from two American brands, Senreve and Everlane.
Read MoreRoma by Federico Fellini in 1972 (©Ultra Film/Les Artistes Associés)
In the series "They were doing fashion tech ahead of their time" let’s pay homage, on this Easter Monday, to the costume designer Danilo Donati, inventor in 1972 of the first luminous mitres and chasubles in the history of Italian cinema.
Read MoreFrom left to right, Kanye West, Rihanna, Eminem and Nicki Minaj by Alex Alvarado (© Alex Alvarado)
Nicki Minaj in a sequined dress, Rihanna with her jewelry or Eminem wearing a T-shirt…, Alexander Alvarado, in charge of the look of characters at Disney, delights his fans on Instagram with his gorgeous CG portraits of celebrities.
Read MoreOn the left, Balenciaga 3D printed earrings by Shahar Livne (©Shahar Livne/Balenciaga) and, on the right, the model Anita Pozzo with the earrings in the campaign visual for Balenciaga Fall 2021 collection (©Balenciaga)
The designer Shahar Livne has drawn on her research into materials to create bracelets, earrings and rings, with a fossilized appearance, for the French house Balenciaga.
Read MoreThe virtual influencer Ama poses for the lookbook of PH5's Fall-Winter 2021-2022 ready-to-wear collection, on February 15, 2021, during New York Fashion Week (© Kun-Seok-Lee for PH5)
Last Monday, Ama, a CGI character, was named "chief decision scientist" by the American brand PH5, in order to relay its sustainable approach to the public. The pixels-made creature explained why, this Saturday, on Instagram.
Read MoreCatherine Deneuve wears the dress colour of the weather in Jacques Demy’s movie Donkey Skin, in 1970 (© Marianne Productions/Parc Film)
In the series "They were doing fashion tech ahead of their time", let’s look back at the dress with moving clouds from Jacques Demy's film in 1970.
Read MoreThe Harper's Bazaar exhibition, at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris, until January 3, 2021 (© Le Boudoir Numérique)
Discover, in pictures, the part of the exhibition on the famous fashion magazine, which gives pride of place to the precursors of fashion tech.
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