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Balenciaga’s Nicolas Ghesquiere – the maestro of his fashionable contemporaries – made a huge splash early on in the season back in Altuzarra’s brilliant outing in New York. That collection was packed to the brim with the influence of Ghesquiere’s collegiate wanderer collection from F/W 08, while Proenza Schouler tapped a more recent vein, touching upon SS 11′s Japanese blue houndstooth ensembles. His SS 07 leather batwing shoulders also made a cameo in Paris, this time at Givenchy. Trust that more Ghesquiere is nothing to complain about. It must feel good to be the king.
Many designers enjoyed tapping into their dark side for fall, a handful of them attributing CoachBags Fritz Lang’s masterpiece ‘Metropolis’ as the culprit of such incitement. Ann Demeulemeester and Gareth Pugh have built their businesses on the gothic endeavor, but the greatest delight in all the gloom was Frida Giannini’s unabashedly romantic foray at Gucci, with Riccardo Tisci’s retraction from the light at Givenchy, coming in at a close second.
From Alber Elbaz at Lanvin to Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, it was all about making the dress its own sublime bling. The dynamic duo at Valentino, like Uncle Karl, opted for hybrids of gem-tones and metallics, while Marc Jacobs seems to CoachHandbags have invented a whole new fabrication for his embellished wonders at Louis Vuitton.
Trust the London based designers to deliver the mixed media message in droves this season, like the finely calculated eccentricity of Basso & Brooke’s ensembles, or the festive romps that is Louise Gray’s calling card. But when Giambattista Valli tackles the madness with his couturier’s hand, the beauty of a tulle, taffetta and Swarovski crystal pastiche takes the trend to the level of high art.
The pantsuit became the season’s most undeniable trend to conquer for the fall the first look out at Prada. It was exciting and made that old fashion credo CoachPurses ‘Three makes a trend’ virtually obsolete. Still, it was nice of everyone else to show up.
One of the most surprising trends to emerge for fall was the experimental focus on the bust. Jumping off from where Pucci and Prada’s spring bandeau tops left off, Raf Simons at Jil Sander molded a leather corset on a black bodice, Nicolas Ghesquiere’s Balenciaga, Inc. execs rocked gold and platinum lame breastplates on cobalt sheer dresses, while Cushnie et Ochs’ played with strategic cutouts.
When the season calls for bundling up and packing on the layers, one of the major calls of duty for designers this fall was to somehow CoachOutlet let the body sing without all the frump. Acne and Haider Ackermann opted for severe body sculpting cummerbunds, while
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