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Q&A: Cool-girl designer Kenza Iatrides on her clothing brand

Iatrides spoke with WSN about building her clothing brand in Paris, the benefits of sustainable fashion and the power of social media.
Makayla Brown, Contributing Writer Mar 28, 2024

Paris-based designer Kenza Iatrides’ versatile pieces made from upcycled materials represent a wondrous rethinking of clothing. Iatrides started selling her designs a year and...

A collage of three photographs. In the left photo, a model wears an off-white, woven dress with black metallic flowers that branch off of it. In the middle photo, a model wears white pants and a white woven top with metallic flowers branching from her back. In the right photo, the model wears a beige, woven dress with a large bow on the front.

Haute couture touched by Spanish roots at Paris Fashion Week

In Juana Martín’s “La Rosée” collection, a floral theme blends with the latest trends of the season.
Nicola Verani, Contributing Writer Jan 29, 2024

PARIS - At Juana Martín’s haute couture Fall/Winter 2024 show, guests entered underneath the infamous inverted pyramid in the Carrousel du Louvre carousel. The catwalk in the...

A collage of three photographs. The left model wears a large hoodie and baggy ripped jeans. The middle model wears a black, pink and green blazer and pants, a leather choker and a fluffy hat. The right model wears a black jacket and full body jumpsuit with a deer print.

Kidill brings punk and nostalgia to Paris Fashion Week

Designer Hiroaki Sueyasu pays homage to '70s fashion and punk in his Fall/Winter 2024 collection.
Makayla Brown, Contributing Writer Jan 29, 2024

PARIS - Kidill opened Fall/Winter 2024 Paris Fashion Week with a teenager’s punk fantasy. The brand seeks to revive the British punk scene and the ‘70s fashion movement and...

From left to right: a model wearing a gray oversized jacket and a pair of gray oversized pants with white and yellow accents; a model wearing a free-form, white knitted top and a pair of gray shorts; a model wearing a black sequin dress with white accents.

Not your traditional runway show: Flying Solo breaks barriers at Paris Fashion Week

Fashion collective Flying Solo showcased up-and-coming independent designers at Paris Fashion Week.
Ishani Paul, Staff Writer Oct 5, 2023

PARIS — A line of elegantly dressed attendees stretched down the Avenue Marceau, only a few steps away from the Arc de Triomphe, waiting to enter La Galerie Bourbon for Flying...

Multiple models dressed in a variety of clothing are sitting, standing or posing. The background is white and to the left of the photo is a camera and a canvas.

Paris Fashion Week: Fashion meets art at Jarel Zhang’s SS24 exhibition

In his SS24 Fashion Week show, designer Jarel Zhang displayed his emotionally evocative, heavily textured work in the form of an alluring canvas-like space.
Makayla Brown, Contributing Writer Oct 2, 2023

PARIS — Jarel Zhang played with an artist’s wonderland in an intimate presentation at the Spring/Summer 2024 season of Paris Fashion Week. In a white room emulating a canvas,...

Photo of a street filled with people walking holding signs, and a yellow, green and red balloon floating in the back with the text “F.S.U.” printed on it.

NYU Paris students struggle to navigate citywide strikes

As protests escalate, students at NYU Paris face increasingly difficult commutes.
Sydney Barragan, Editor-at-large Mar 31, 2023

In Paris’ Latin Quarter, students are making their way to class on sidewalks lined by piles of trash left untouched by sanitation workers. It comes as no surprise to students...

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Sipping your way through study away: Students navigate new drinking cultures

Drinking culture at study abroad sites can be very different from the U.S. Students abroad share how they’ve adapted to the drinking norms in their cities.
Madeline Carpinelli, Staff Writer Mar 30, 2023

There’s nothing like buying your first legal drink, let alone buying it while abroad. Whether you’re studying abroad in Buenos Aires or Florence, drinking can be an intriguing...

A model in a gray turtleneck and a white skirt who is holding a black shoulder bag at the 2023 E.E.N.K. Paris Fashion Week show.

EENK’s latest collection presents an elevated take on classic silhouettes

EENK debuted its Fall/Winter 2023 collection in its second solo show with the theme “X for the letter X,” a representation of the unknown and undefined.
Sydney Barragan, Editor-at-Large Mar 7, 2023

EENK presented its 2023 Fall/Winter collection amidst the simple layout of La Salle Wagram, a historic auditorium. A two-piece, inflatable archway — the work of Korean sculptor...

Several clothes entangled with white chains hang from the ceiling at RizRiz’s show at Paris Fashion Week 2023.

Paris Fashion Week: RizRiz displays the liberty of loose attire

The RizRiz installation by Yunxia Zhang was a simple yet poignant take on creativity and liberty through loose and versatile pieces.
Lindsey Hirano, Staff Writer Mar 6, 2023

For the first time in the past five and a half years, Yunxia Zhang hosted the RizRiz official Paris Fashion Week exposition. This year’s installation,“Liquide vs. Chaine,”...

Baye walking in a striped black-and-white top with black pants at the Nehera fashion show.

Paris Fashion Week: NEHERA exudes power and beauty

The brand debuted a new seasonal collection at Paris Fashion Week, featuring ready-to-wear staples in dark colors.
Raiya Haque, Contributing Writer Mar 4, 2023

Glass cases with shelves inside a bakery filled with various baguette sandwiches, pastries and pieces of cake. On the white stone brick wall behind the glass cases reads “La Parisienne.”

Baguettes and beignets: Cheap eats around Paris’ Latin Quarter

Here are six affordable spots to grab a quick bite around campus without breaking the bank. 
Lindsey Hirano, Staff Writer Feb 20, 2023

Studying abroad can be expensive, especially when you are living in a big city like Paris. However, you don’t need to spend a lot of money to enjoy great food around the academic...

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Staff Rants: Our time abroad

Members of WSN’s staff who have studied away during their time at NYU reflect on their experiences and discuss what they’d do differently.

When I studied in Paris last semester,  I traveled quite a bit — sometimes impulsively — and my classes started to feel trivial. Does my homework really matter when I could...

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