Givenchy: SS16 Haute Couture
“I like my money right where I can see it,” Carrie Bradshaw once said, “hanging in my closet.” Think of the above images as a very fancy version of said closet. The kind of...
“I like my money right where I can see it,” Carrie Bradshaw once said, “hanging in my closet.” Think of the above images as a very fancy version of said closet. The kind of...
Images of preraphaelite muses and the turn-of-the century dancer Loie Fuller populated Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino mood board for spring. The first outfit was called...
You’ve head of Gaga’s ArtPop? Well pop – here’s art fashion, courtesy of Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren. They revel in the label frequently attached to them – fashion...
Jean Paul Gaultier take the hauteur out of haute couture. He always has. He devoted his spring/summer 2017 show to Le Palace and its legendary demoiselles – Edwidge, Paloma, Pat Cleveland,...
Elie Saab looked to India – Maharanis and Raj ladies, richly dressed in sumptuous layers of embroideries and lace – for his spring 2016 haute couture collection. That wound up...
“Our dedication to the creative process transcends the garment, celebrating the anonymity of the lining and the hidden beauty in everyday archetypes. The Artisanal collection becomes an exquisite...
Mauve. That was Giorgio Armani’s hue of choice for his spring/summer Privé collection. Purple wasn’t the only colour – there was plenty of graphic black, used to sketch out the...
Bouchra Jarrar doesn’t explain the themes of her collection in her haute couture show notes. She tells us what the stuff is made of – handwoven hairy houndstooth tweed for a fabulous...
Eco couture! What could be more “eco” than Chanel couture? Buy it once, wear it forever. The most ecologically sound clothing on the planet, we reckon. But we’re quite biased. We...
Fluff enough? We love fluff here at Ten Towers, and Giambattista Valli is a maestro of couture fluff. I wonder how that’s spelled? Fluffé? Like a soufflé, which is as light as a Giamba ball...
A new look – and a new start – for Dior. After Raf Simons’ departure, the Dior team tackled the house’s spring/summer 2016 haute couture collection, headed by Serge Ruffieux and Lucie...
A delicious feast of haute couture. How does that sound as a kick start to Monday morning? It was Bertrand Guyon’s notion for his spring Schiaparelli show – having turned the basement of...
Has Donatella been watching Spiceworld? Because her Atelier Versace show – kicking off the spring/summer 2016 couture season – was a bit posh, definitely sporty, occasionally scary....