This year Alexis Mabille celebrates the tenth anniversary of his fashion house. Hard to believe, looking at this still very young Parisian with sparks of enthusiasm in his eyes talking in English with a fascinating French accent about his new couture collection. And Alexis was saying that haute couture in his understanding is not limited…
Though at the haute couture spring-summer 2015 fashion week floral prints came into vogue and found their way into all the collections, the flowers for Alexis Mabille are not a passing trend but a constant source of inspiration. From season to season the designer replays in different ways the theme of a woman-flower: from delicate…
American writer and filmmaker Susan Sontag, having lived the second half of her life with a famous photographer Annie Leibovitz, once said: «what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine». It was this quote Alexis Mabille chose as a starting point to create his fall-winter haute couture collection. His ideas about feminine masculinity…
In his summer haute couture collection Alexis Mabille animated statues of ancient goddesses, turning his heroine into modern Vestal virgin. The architectural look of slim floor-length bustier dresses designer obtained by the use of dense but flowing, following all the body curves crepe. Lace inserts; tulle, embroidered with crystal Swarovski orchids; milk-cream palette; silhouettes, inspired…