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In his new fall winter collection Giambattista Valli, the most romantic couture designer, poured a little bit of everything from the familiars to his work ingredients. We have emblematic for Valli kilometers of tulle, in which mannequins sunk like in clouds of foam; and maxi-Basques and other flounces on mini-skirts, voluminous floor length dresses and…
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Just for a few snow-white, milk-flowing and cloud weight looks passing as a leitmotif through the entire Christian Dior Fall-Winter 2015 haute couture collection, we can “forgive” Raf Simons any experiments with the legacy of the great French fashion house. Mostly loose, in the spirit of chemises of young novices preparing for vows in a…
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“On the eve of her coronation, a young Tsarina sheds off her priceless tiara and flicks lose her hair. She storms out to search haunting forests for her Rasputin”. The first line of the annotation to the new autumn couture collection of Ralph & Russo perfectly sums up its spirit. Entirely liquid gold, crystals inlays…
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Judging by the reigning on the current autumn-winter haute couture week floral mood, Parisian designers decided to proclaim the advent of eternal summer. The tone was set by Donatella Versace who opened the couture week. In his turn, Georges Hobeika continued the vegetative theme, presenting a collection in the Lebanese designer’s favorite “contemporary princess’s wardrobe”…