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Tendance XXI

( Season 9 )
French creativity is booming in the fields of fashion, crafts, design, beauty and gastronomy. 'Tendance XXI' showcases a know-how that evolves in tune with the times, sometimes even anticipating them.

Commentary: Viviane Blassel.

Episodes

Episode
17
From fashion to painting, the designer Marcel Marongiu presents his pictures at the Poliakoff Gallery. Encounter. All about the French expression "se mettre sur son 31" (dressing to the nines). Wakaze creates sake made in France. Red alert: but how best to wear it?

Commentary: Viviane Blassel.
Episode
18
With the Art Deco movement now over a century old we look back at the exhibition "Art Deco France/North America" at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine. The story of woad. All the expertise of the Joseph Duclos Manufacture Royale recounted by Ramesh Nair. Wearing clothes with wide shoulders.

Commentary by: Viviane Blassel.
Episode
19
Special haute couture shows autumn/winter 2023-2024

The best of the season with Dior, Charles de Vilmorin, Schiaparelli, Iris Van Herpen, Chanel, Stéphane Rolland, Julien Fournier, and Jean Paul Gaultier. Four designers stand out: Mohammed Ashi, Sara Chraïbi, Rahul Mishra, and Adeline André. Male fashion with Pharrell Williams for Louis Vuitton, Kim Jones for Dior and EgonLab.

Commentary: Viviane Blassel.