The Designer Reflects On Heritage, Music, And The Poetry Of Imperfection As He Shapes The Next Chapter Of Celine By Kenneth Richard In Paris, history has a way of speaking quietly but insistently. For Michael Rider, it was not the weight of heritage that defined his thinking for Celine, but the possibility of transformation. Standing in a historic courtyard chosen for the show, he saw not a relic of the past but a frame for imagining what comes next. The […]

At Domaine De Saint-Cloud, Rider Puts Rigor And Discretion At The Heart Of His First Ready-To-Wear Outing By Kenneth Richard The drive out to Domaine de Saint-Cloud felt like a retreat from Paris’s feverish pace. Black town cars glided beyond the périphérique, past the city’s edge, until they reached a long modern terrace framed by trees just beginning to turn gold. The leaves hinted at change, but also continuity — a fitting backdrop for Michael Rider’s first ready-to-wear collection for […]