Welcome back to Fashion Bulletin, a weekly column where Coveteur's senior fashion editor, Ella O’Keeffe, recaps all the buzzy industry news you from the week.
This week, the Fashion Bulletin goes international. First stop, Venice! What on earth was that Bezos-Sánchez wedding? Expectedly, the celebrity crowd was cringe, yet we were unable to look away, especially with the Kardashians’ many Dilara Findikoglu looks, which were obviously masterful. I kind of love it when the Kardashian tribe go to Italy and start cosplaying as Monica Bellucci. The over-the-top, La Dolce Vita-coded surplus of archival Versace and Cavalli and Dolce does technically work for them, so playing into the fantasy can be fun to witness.
What was not fun to witness was the gray carpet that is sending everyone overboard. $56 million, Lady Gaga and Elton John performing, a buyout of the Venice Aman…and a ceremony carpet that looks like it’s from the set of “Severance”. Whatever could possess someone to choose a gray marle carpet to say their vows on is likely the same reason we ended up in such a dystopian reality in the first place.
I digress. Such a blatant display of wealth was always going to happen when dealing with the people involved in this wedding, and the industry reaction is telling for where we’re at in the world. When the global political climate is so rife, it feels icky and obtuse to be all eyes on the billionaires and their guests.
Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo paired for an exhibition at the NGV
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Over to Australia with some news that restores our faith in beautiful things: In a blockbuster exhibition for the National Gallery of Victoria, Rei Kawakubo and Vivienne Westwood will be paired together for the first time ever. The era-defining designers will be brought together for a December exhibition by the gallery, with works pulled from the museum’s extensive fashion collection supplemented by loans from the Metropolitan Museum, the Victoria and Alberta and others. More than 140 works will be on display, with early-career punk ensembles by Westwood alongside 40 Commes des Garçons garments donated by Kawakubo for the exhibition (including the custom pink floral layered dress worn by Rihanna to the 2017 Met Gala). In a time where female designers are struggling against the powers of luxury conglomerates, it couldn’t feel more refreshing to have a retrospective of two of the greatest women designers of a generation.
Jacquemus goes to Versailles, again
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Over in the Palace Of Versailles, France, Simon Porte Jacquemus showed his Spring 2026 collection in L’Orangerie. The designer has been “growing up” his past few seasons, and this collection reflected that evolution. Cotton poplin was worked into oversized, billowing silhouettes, while simple tank dresses felt airy and sexy. Batwing gowns and halter neck styles in chiffon and tulle retained his famous summer sensibility. As a designer, you can feel Porte Jacquemus lean further into these runway pieces that sell for a higher price tag, but there is still a sense of accessibility and balance throughout the work. As an independent designer, his lifelong mission will be maintaining this balance.
CHANEL Supports Cinema Paradiso at the Louvre
Back in Paris, Cinema Paradiso, a four-day film festival at the Louvre, joins forces with CHANEL. As a long time supporter of the film industry, the house will sponsor the summer edition of the open-air film festival held in the Cour Carrée. The brand is also flying out longtime CHANEL ambassador Sofia Coppola to open the program in celebration of the 25th anniversary of her film, “The Virgin Suicides”. The director released a coffee table book back in March with images from the set of her iconic film, lensed by Corinne Day. 25 years on, we’re still meditating on the perceptions of girlhood that Coppola explored, so the alignment feels as relevant as ever.
