Haute Couture

Atelier Versace Spring/Summer 2016 -Haute Couture Week

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Paris, the  world capital of Fashion Business. Thom Browne „closed  the runways“ of Menswear Week and left the Scene for most attendet Fashion Events  – Haute Couture Week in Paris.
Donatella Versace unvelied us Atelier Versace spring/summer 2016 haute couture collection. and there are three things you can always expect at a Versace show: superstars, supermodels, and super-sexy dresses. Donatella Versace’s Couture show delivered on all fronts, featuring sporty suiting, revealing gowns, and enough famous models to make a fashion fan’s head spin. 

 

 

Fashion Flashback 2015 #2 – The Best of Haute Couture 2015

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This time i want to re-view the haute couture 2015 collections. Haute Couture , the dream of most women but many womens has this bold pieces in their *wardrobe rooms*.
Every Haute Couture piece is an art, there is no doubt about it! But, not every piece of art is wearable , not every haute couture gown will make you look like a super star on the red carpet and not every haute couture dress would be the perfect look for some important event.  Of course the famous stars normally wear the pieces created for them by couturiers, this is clear , and , fo sure ,but  nobody wants to look like as an „lace iceberg“ in some   gown, or maybe i mistake?  Here are the  haute couture dresses from the  collections which were shown on the catwalks during Paris Haute Couture Weeks in 2015.
photo credit: vogue.com
Atelier Versace AW 15
Atelier Versace HC A/W 2015
Versace SS 15
Atelier Versace HC S/S 2015
Armani Prive AW 15
Armani Privé HC A/W 2015
Armani Priva SS 15
Armani Privé HC S/S 2015
Chanel AW 15 2
Chanel HC A/W 2015
Chanel AW 15 1
Chanel HC A/W 2015
Chanel SS 15
Chanel HC S/S 2015
Maison Margiela AW 15 2
Maison Margiela HC A/W 2015
Maison Margiela AW 15
Maison Margiela HC A/W 2015
Maison Margiela SS 15 2
Maison Margiela HC S/S 2015
Jean Paul Gaultier AW 15 1
Jean Paul Gaultier HC A/W 2015
Jean Paul Gaultier SS 2015
Jean Paul Gaultier HC S/S 2015
SChiaparelli AW 15
Schiaparelli HC A/W 2015
Valentino AW 15
Valentino HC A/W 2015
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Zuhair Murad HC A/W 2015
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Alexis Mabille HC A/W 2015
Elie SAAB AW 15
Elie Saab HC A/W 2015
FENDI AW 15
Fendi HC A/W 2015

Givenchy Spring/Summer 2016 ready-to-wear collection designed by Riccardo Tisci -New York Fashion Week

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Givenchy Spring/Summer 2016  ready-to-wear collection designed by chefdesigner Riccardo Tisci was shown  in New York Fashion Week. September 11 ,2015  18:30 local time.
Art director of the Show Marina Abramovic.
The Givenchy show gracefully paid its respects to September 11.The long-anticipated show began on Pier 26 just as the sun was setting, and the Memorial of Light commemorating the Twin Towers lit up in the Background.
Let us speak about this grandiose collection, 89 Looks  sent Tisci on runway! And all  his creations are glamorous, luxurios and all outfits are beautiful,  they are perfect.  Riccardo Tisci did it again, the best show till now, there is no doubt about it!!!!
If it’s still ready-to-wear  or a haute Couture  yet? I can’t answer, for me some pieces are definitely haute Couture. The Highlight,the most attendet Show in NYFW.
This year also marks 10 years of Tisci at Givenchy  and there was something of the retrospective in the first part of the show. It featured slinky, beautifully cut silk and lace slips worn with slouchy black trousers, and dressing gown-style coats in a colour palette of black and white, sometimes with bandage-style tops.
The different fashion Looks,ready-to-wear and haute couture, male and female, strength and fragility, the tailor’s discipline and the delicateness of lingerie all come together in a natural way in a collection which has the feel of a marriage of opposites. It involved top models with strong personalities chosen by Riccardo Tisci, such as Joan Smalls and Mariacarla Boscono, who showcased these pieces and underlined the human and sensual side of his style for Givenchy.

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Ulyana Sergeenko Haute Couture A/W 2015-2016 – Glamour pure!

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Ulyana Sergeenko Haute Couture A/W 2015-2016 Collection.
Communal Apartments in the USSR aren’t generally associated with glamour, yet the Kazakhstan-born designer presented her own dramatic, glitzy version of living conditions under Marxism-Leninism.
 There were long hems, lampshade volumes and soft fabrics like velvet and satin for the once grandes dames, ex-owners of the 10-room homes they now shared with peasants dressed in traditional motifs – one black-and-white dress with a lace panel representing a squirrel paired with a fur bonnet stood out .And the festive spirit was still there, explored through a series of naïf draped or plissé dresses covered in embroidered and printed confetti, and not-so innocent boudoir pieces in embroidered pale blue silk and peach crêpe. A bejewelled babydoll dress worn with a velvet-and-fur ice-cream cone bag had a whiff of Mikhail Bulgakov to it. Flower embroideries in a burgundy jacket-and-skirt ensemble turned the model into a poupée russe. But that’s where Sergeenko’s talent lies: in thoroughly exploring Russian imagery, and almost (if not quite) giving it a humorous Twist.
Top model Natalia Vodianova,one of the best friends of Ulyana said :
„It’s a brand that has an incredible potential. … I actually have a big passion for craftsmanship and I think that Ulyana is an incredible force behind Russian craftsmanship.
She’s gathering young and old women from all over Russia in her atelier in Moscow. She now has over 100 full-time people employed in embroidering, carving and doing beading and all kinds of work that goes into her collection.
Ulyana is the reason that all women in Moscow dress like princesses.“

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Valentino Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2015-2016 Collection – *Mirabilia Romae* Collection.

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Valentino Haute Couture  A/W 2015-2016 Collection – *Mirabilia Romae* Collection .
Haute Couture final Show in Rome.Valentino presented his *Mirabilia Romae* collection in the best traditions of Alta Moda Show which we can enjoy only in Italy.In best traditions of *Made in Italy*
The sun is setting in Rome and the voices of the choir are heard loud and clear, like angels descended from Heaven. There is such a beautiful, spiritual setting to the Valentino Haute Couture A/W 2015-2016 Collection presentation at the Piazza Mignanelli. The collection was as incredible as expected from Valentino genius minds – Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, the venue moved from Paris to Rome,  for final show of  Haute Couture Week . Resounding applause by the fully filled up event was to be expected, as dusk set in and the onlookers tasted the last bit of couture, until the winter season rolls around with presentation for the coming spring.
It is a grand finale for a truly grand show. The collection was  named the Mirabilia Romae . Rome is the Eternal City, and we could see the proof of that easily as the final collection of the Paris Couture Fashion Week was staged not in Paris,  but in Rome. It was the Top of Haute Couture Week!

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