Ah, Couture…the apple of my sartorial eye. Gorgeous, improbable and quixotic fabric follies. Couture is the brilliantly madcap stuff of dreams and uninhibited fantasy – and be honest, who doesn’t revel in the occasional flight of fancy? Hmm?) It is fashion stripped back to it’s artistic core in a gloriously sinful, hedonistic embrace with the utterly impractical. Pure, unadulterated indulgence: no pretence required, no situational definitions – couture by nature has no real ’place’ – sculptural cellophane hats are unlikely to catch on as work wear, for instance (although they would make for interesting boardroom meetings).
And so, before I talk myself clean out of literary flourishes, to the home of Haute Couture for a Fashionable Rat’s retrospective of the Paris Couture week f/w 2010.
I think I shall begin with a schedule, tasty visual treats and a few links before fleshing it out with linked posts: a) I am not aiming for the world’s longest, largest and most image heavy post award, and b) even a Rat’s gotta sleep sometime – and work apparently – more’s the pity. So – to Paris…
…tout de suite!
Monday July 5th 2010
Christophe Josse
Images courtesy of Coutorture
Bouchra Jarrar
Images courtesy of Style.com: head here for their runway review.
Christian Dior
Images courtesy of Thai Catwalk
Review by the Telegraph’s Hilary Alexander
Atelier Gustavo Lins
Images Courtesy of Fashion Windows
Adeline Andre
Alexis Mabille
Images and review courtesy of Style.com
Tuesday July 6th
Giorgio Armani Privé
Images: Style.com
Review: Hilary Alexander for the Telegraph
Lefranc Ferrant
Front row footage over at ELLETV
Images at: Maison Chaplin
Stéphane Rolland
Images courtesy of Fashion Fame
More at: Vogue.co.uk
Givenchy
Images: Style.com
Review: Hilary Alexander for the Telegraph.
Chanel
Images: Style.com
Review: Hilary Alexander for the Telegraph.
Wednesday July 7th
On Aura Tout Vu
Images & Runway review over at Fashionista.com
Images: Focus on Style
Review: Yahoo News
Elie Saab
Images/ Review: Style.com
Jean Paul Gaultier
Images/ Review: Style.com
Maison Rabih Kayrouz
Image at Life.com
Valentino
Images/ Review: Style.com
Thursday July 8th
Boucheron
Chanel Joaillerie
All images courtesy of Susan Tabak
Chaumet
Mellerio Dits Meller
Van Cleef & Arpels
Phew! I’ll update as soon as I can (and get down to some internet super-sleuthing to find those pesky missing images).
