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Lucia Fontaine

Business Correspondent

Lucia Fontaine covers Designers, Luxury and Trends.

Articles by Lucia Fontaine

The Grain of the Cloth: How Madeleine Vionnet Cut the Dress Free of the Corset

The Grain of the Cloth: How Madeleine Vionnet Cut the Dress Free of the Corset

Lucia Fontaine

Pearl-beaded tulle dress on a vintage stand in soft window light

Pearls, Tulle and the Long Shadow of the Nursery: Simone Rocha's Dollhouse History

Lucia Fontaine

Magenta pink perfume bottles and boxes arranged in a Paris salon

The Pink Shock and the Business of Surprise: Elsa Schiaparelli as Chief Executive of the Impossible

Lucia Fontaine

Black stretch body-con dress on a mannequin in a Paris atelier

The Cut That Holds: Azzedine Alaïa, King of Cling, and the Calendar He Refused to Keep

Lucia Fontaine

Friends poolside in sunlight holding a striped knit swimsuit

Clothes From the Year 2000: Rudi Gernreich and the Predictions That Mostly Came True

Lucia Fontaine

Dramatic sculpted midnight blue evening gown on a dress form in studio

Engineering the Twirl: Charles James and the Ball Gown Built Like a Building

Lucia Fontaine