Whoever said brands like Hermes and Balenciaga are reserved for the Rockefellers of the world? Over the years, luxury houses have been expanding their offerings to accommodate a broader range of customers, because the dollars of the ultra-rich, while they come in much greater volumes, differ in no way to those of common folk like you and me. And the more dollars a business can get, the better, right?

As news of Carine Roitfeld leaving her post of 10 years as French Vogue’s editor in chief widely circulated on the web during the past weekend, we didn’t feel the need to tell Dubai’s fashion pack about it at the risk of being mistaken for a broken record with no internet access.

Amidst all the foggy mystery that surrounds that whole buzz about Balenciaga banning Carine Roitfeld at a fashion show, something seemingly plausible surfaced, attempting to answer the biggest and most exciting why that has happened in the fashion industry in a very long time.

According to a report by Fashionista.com, master couturier Balenciaga was under the impression that Madame Roitfeld was instrumental to Max Mara copying the design of …

On Fashion Faceoff this week, La Moda Dubai’s editors give you a piece of their minds on the latest drama in Paris that involves Carine Roitfeld, French Vogue Editor-in-Chief, and Balenciaga, the French fashion house and master of all couturiers.

Jim Joquico, Editor-in-Chief, says:

Brilliant. Abso-bloody-lutely brilliant move by Balenciaga. Not that I hate Carine Roitfeld or that I work for Balenciaga, but the fact that everyone around the

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