BASIL SODA COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Nature Under the Microscope, the Spring/Summer Couture collection from Basil Soda treats the dress form as an extension of the body to be examined. The collection begins with more innocent, delicate pieces that use sheer and lace to then progressively transform into a more complex form. The…
DIDIT HEDIPRASETYO COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Indonesian designer Didit Hediprasetyo looked to India for the inspiration for his Spring/Summer 2012 collection. Like his Debussy inspired collection from last season, music is a crucial aspect of creating the mood and presenting his show. Sitar music accompanied the models through their walk in the Hôtel de…
EVA MINGE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW In simple, loose silhouettes the Spring/Summer 2012 Couture collection from Eva Minge outlines and playfully shadows the woman’s form. Minge is able to perfectly conceal sex appeal while risking to expose it at once. Retro, short cropped jackets fell just over the breast or delicately over the back,…
FRANCK SORBIER HAUTE COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Review for Franck Sorbier to be updated. – Photography by Jodie Talbot for XXXX Magazine, “The Untitled Magazine”
IRIS VAN HERPEN HAUTE COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW On January 23, 2012, a large audience crowded in a converted 17th century convent to view “Micro”, the Iris van Herpen Spring/Summer 2012 collection. In actuality, this fashion collection of layered, spiraling forms leans more towards sculptural fine-art interacting with living human bodies than to…
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Review for Jean Paul Gaultier to be updated. – Photography by Jodie Talbot for XXXX Magazine, “The Untitled Magazine”
JULIEN FOURNIE HAUTE COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Julien Fournié, one of the young designers invited by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture as a guest member on the official Haute Couture calendar, is pushing haute couture not just into modern times but into the experimentation of future technology. His collaboration with…
ON AURA TOUT VU COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Review for on aura tout vu to be updated. ON AURA TOUT VU COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 BACKSTAGE – Photography by Jodie Talbot for XXXX Magazine, “The Untitled Magazine”
YIQING YIN HAUTE COUTURE – PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW The Spring/Summer 2012 Haute Couture collection from Yiqing Yin gracefully drapes and folds around the female form. From lush, thick furs to slinky, liquid satin the textures, the weight, the silhouettes transform from one garment to the next. – Photography by Jodie Talbot for XXXX Magazine, “The Untitled…
BACKLASH BY ISAMU KATAYAMA – PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW This season, the Backlash man is a Nordic traveller turned to urban locales, hence the mash-up name for the collection, Norban Man. Isamu Katayama’s specialty is his leather work, and here with this collection, his combination of leather with wool, two natural, earthy fabrics that he manipulates…
BERNHARD WILLHELM – PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Never expect the ordinary with Bernhard Willhelm. Paint splattered chaos presented in front of the most phallic fruit there is, his Fall/Winter collection jumps from plaids to bold graphic prints to big-stitched, exaggerated knits. Irreverent and taking names, Bernhard Willhelm injects a rough sexiness into blue collar jumpsuits,…
JULIUS – PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW The foggy atmosphere and ambient music at the Julius Fall/Winter 2012 show matched the ambiguous and somewhat mysterious collection. Following the military trend this season with his thick boots and leather cargos, head designer Tatsuro Horikawa also stayed in his typically gothic direction. The collection was a bit…
JUUN J – PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Entitled Distended, the Fall/Winter collection from Juun J takes classical pieces and reinterprets them in a more exaggerated or modern manner, by altering the seams, creating new lines within the body of the piece, for example. The collection contains several boxy, oversized trenches, coats, and parkas that…
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA – PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Incredible texture blends were the highlight of the Fall/Winter collection from Maison Martin Margiela, colorblocked in some instances, and layered in others. Combinations of camel hair coats, sheepskin, muskrat furs, vinyl, denim, and most peculiarly, polyethylene, aka plastic trash bag, parkas both intrigued and confounded. Athletic…
QASIMI HOMME – PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Stretched between East and West, Khalid Al Qasimi kept his signature cultural blending trademarks in place for “Opus”, the Fall/Winter 2012 collection from Qasimi Homme. Although inspired by “dark romance”, what he showed was closer to an at times militant sportswear paired with a flowing softness that…
SONGZIO – PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW The invitation for the Songzio show was an impressive bande dessiné, illuminating the vastness to be found in one’s own environment, steeped with an air of mystery and silently pending adventure. Songzio is sleek, quiet elegance in this abundance of coats, some detailed with soft lamb skin belts…
WOOYOUNGMI – PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW South Korean Wooyoungmi showed her clean and classic Fall/Winter 2012 collection on January 21st. Doing a retake on a retro pinstripe double breasted jacket, she elongates the torso and with a shortened pant hem shortens the leg, which might be counter-intuitive design wise, but is pulled off flawlessly.…
ALEXANDRE VAUTHIER HAUTE COUTURE – PARIS F/W 2011 FASHION SHOW Alexandre Vauthier, who presented his first haute couture line in 2009 after working at Mugler and Jean Paul Gaulthier, recently showed his collection for Fall/Winter 2011 at Haute Couture week in Paris. The show took place at the Bibliotheque des Genovefians, the library inside of Lycée…
CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE – PARIS F/W 2011 FASHION SHOW The retro-feel at Chanel’s haute couture show was injected with modernity. Held at the Grand Palais, Karl Lagerfeld had a neon Place Vendome recreated to honor Coco Chanel, who spent many of her years living at the Ritz there, and where there is still a Chanel…
CHANEL JOAILLERIE – PARIS F/W 2011 PRESENTATION The Chanel Joaillerie Haute Couture collection for Fall/Winter 2011 is exquisite. The collection Contrastes,revolves through shades of contrast and brilliance. Inspired by Orpheus and his hypnotic musical gift, the presentation opens with a stunning broach displayed on a harp, which shadow reveals a ghostly hand playing it. As you traverse into…
