This spring 2018 Couture Fashion Week was a blast that surprised Paris not just with fashion inspiration, but also with topics and topics to discuss. From cultural appropriation to cultural appreciation, from the (re) definition of modern femininity to fashionable leitmotifs, this Paris Couture Fashion Week has given the best.
Get ready for any number of architectural silhouettes and delicate touches on how to present the best of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week in spring / summer 2018!
Schiaparelli Spring 2018 Couture Collection
Let's start high fashion travel with Schiaparelli's couture fashion from spring 2018, which goes back to the dream and the wild aesthetics of founder Elsa Schiaparelli , For this season, creative director Bertrand Guyon made a bold statement with African ancestors, drawing inspiration from Elsa Schiaparelli's travels across the continent, more specifically from her infamous 1938 Pagan Collection.
Most importantly, Guyon's Schiaparelli Spring 2018 Couture The collection was all about cultural appreciation rather than appropriation, as he claimed, "be very sensitive to the cultural identity of each country and region, not just those considered exotic such as Africa, but also cultural identities within a country like France." / p>
Feathers, elaborate embroidery, pearl patterns and lots of safari jackets were at the center of his recent efforts, and we have to say that the di e feedback has been quite positive so far.
Christian Dior Early springtime 2018 Couture Collection
Those who all loved Els Schiaparelli's collections, and know what the Pagan collection is best known for, the surrealist Beetle necklace, will certainly be glad that Guyon was not the only one who redesigned the surrealist leitmotif for haute couture in the spring. p>
Maria Grazia Chiuri paid tribute to the surrealist avant-garde artist Leonor Fini for her Dior Spring 2018 couture collection, which Christian Dior himself exhibited in the gallery where he worked before becoming a fashion designer.
"She used her image as royal and powerful," Chiuri told Vogue backstage. "Surrealism speaks of dreams and the unconscious and often of women's bodies, it's very close to fashion."
Fini 's unadapted spirit lives in each of Chiuri' s creations, whose delicate lens enhances each ensemble with clean lines and elegantly textured silhouettes.
We expect most of Dior's spring / summer 2018 haute couture outfits to be seen on many red rugs from now on / p>
Giambattista Valli Spring 201 8 Couture Collection
When it comes to couturiers in the red carpet, Giambattista Valli comes to mind with his spring 2018 couture collection, which was a British dream garden. The Italian designer manages to keep couture haute, indeed, but with a verve of modernity.
" This is, I think, the modernity of haute couture: it really gets the best out of the studio and modernize it - not to have the heaviness, but to preserve the lightness as you did the night before, "explained Valli WWD backstage, after a show that featured only gloriously minimalist evening dresses as well as ethereally intricate cocktails and a plethora of delicate floral embroidery Cascades filled with tulle.
C Hanel Spring 2018 Couture Collection
From garden to garden, Karl Lagerfeld took his Chanel spring 2018 couture lineup to an archetypal French garden, overwhelming us pink, jade, light blue and black colors, as well as a wealth of floral patterns and embroidery. To top it off, he also translated Chanel's Tweed into haute couture and gave the ensembles of his collection structured and harmonized, albeit often oversized figures.
Feathers, laced pattern and lace Lin There were another three recurring leitmotifs in this Chanel Spring 2018 Couture collection, from which we bet will forge "many" spring 2018-series fast-fashionable "from now on".
Whose garden was better, well, as the saying goes, "the grass is always greener on the other side," and it's usually up to us to decide which side was better! Couture meadows, we can not help but praise every fashion designer's incredible crafting skills.
Armani Prive Spring 2018 Couture Collection
While Valli and Lagerfeld Giorgio Armani favored the earth and remained hanging in the sky, his latest spring 2018 collection by Armani Privé was inspired by "the sky with all its nuances".
When we browse the dazzling proposals of the collection, we really can not help but think everything looked like a classic Armani-conscious fashion, especially when it comes to men's suits, but with a refreshing new pattern that's direct is inspired by some clouds (or cloudy spirits, if you like, which is also more romantic).
p> Dreamy, slightly surreal and naturally 100% demanding, this new Armani Privé spring collection 2018 will surely be on everyone's lips for a long time to come. 
Givenchy Spring 2018 Couture Collection
Here we are with a collection that almost everyone has been waiting for - Clare Waight Kellner's debut couture collection for Givenchy. Starting with a couture collection does not sound easy, but as always, Keller has made everything smooth and naturally sophisticated.
Overall, the Gendenchy Fr SPRING 2018 couture collection is an ode to femininity, authorization and Hubert de Givenchy's heritage.
"I wanted to use the power of tailoring, but in a feminine way," she said behind the scenes, adding that her goal was "the structure and graphism Hubert does in his work had to improve the beginning, "too. Sharp, textured and minimalist (apart from a few feathery accents), Kellner's Givenchy Spring / Summer 2018 couture collection gave us some strong ultra-glamorous vibes that we hope to continue growing as Keller takes her Career at Givenchy.
Maison Margiela Spring 2018 Co uture collection
What it all The earlier collections had the dominance of solid colors in common. All designers, with the exception of Guyon, had several totally white or black outfits, with the black ones being the majority. Of course, things had to go differently with John Galliano!
Maison Margiela's spring 2018 couture collection was all about cyber, neon-inspired colors and leitmotifs, with a lot anti-fashion clothing that dominates the scene.
To better catapult ourselves into his futuristic visions, John Galliano asked MUA Pat McGrath to help with the models in glitter and metallic applications.
Needless to say, social media exploded and everyone, including us, was crazy about the looks (especially when it came to lipsticks). Expect much bolder metallic lip tints, from now on!).
Elie Saab Spring 201 8 Couture Collection
Another ultra-glamorous motif we all look forward to for the upcoming spring season is the abundance of Roaring Twenties-inspired patterns, We were treated by creative directors like Elie Saab.
Through a mod Newer Lens, Elie Saab's Art, Rethinking to Reinterpret 20's Fashion With Its Spring Couture Collection 2018, was nothing but grandiose, glittering, and good, actually roaring, with tons of glitter, feathers, and dynamic yet ethereal figures that take our breath away.
Valentino Spring 2018 Couture Collection
Ok, first things first. Pierpaolo Piccioli hat game was strong with this, and the Internet is legitimately obsessed with the latest Valentino Spring 2018 couture collection from him. For the upcoming Spring 2018 season, Valentino's creative director paid homage to extravagance and professionalism as he named the clothes after the people who made them.
Just after the Sh ow Piccioli said that he hates when these men and women are called "petite mains", and was not afraid to show the world that has helped him to create such an amazing haute couture collection. As far as the collection itself is concerned, we must admit that the hats tend to draw everything's attention to themselves, Piccioli translates the "modern woman" aesthetic to their haute couture counterparts, exaggerating everything from the characters to the Detailing (springs were everywhere!) Used. He also proved to be the ultimate king of wrinkles, whose patterns have also been enhanced by his color palette of choice. Therefore, if you are brave, casual-chic couture fashions that are infallibly flawless, Piccioli Valentino Spring 2018 Couture Collection is definitely the place to go!
Zuhair Murad Spring 2018 Couture Collection
No wonder, we can always count on Zuhair Murad to deliver some of the most gorgeous runway looks in the Haute Couture season.
And to be honest, there is another thing we can take for granted - every Zuhair Murad Couture collection will ease the fuss of many fashion critics, because Zuhair is often accused of cultural appropriation something is what pa ssiert, again a few days.
F For his Zuhair Murad Spring 2018 Couture collection, the designer was inspired by the Native American world's leitmotifs, of which mainly on feathers, antique symbols on the dresses, crystals and a solid palette of white, black and (a beautiful!) ice lilac were transferred.
"It was risky for haute couture, yes, but I told myself I wanted to cross my borders this time, I want to challenge," Murad explained behind the scenes at Vogue. "Most of the time, I'm inspired by the past, and this is a kind of homage and respect for the people who have left us a very fine heritage of art, craftsmanship and design."
With all of the clothes being undeniably well made and the leitmotiv that causes controversy and opens the doors of communication (which is always a good thing, especially when it lets us talk about important issues), we hope that the fashion industry issue the issue of academically valid references to talk about it.
photos via Vogue
No comments