The Key Takeaways From Couture AW22
From celebrity cameos, to live-audience cinematic recordings to the men who made it into couture, we’ve dissected the major takeaways from the autumn/winter 2022 couture shows.
Giorgio Armani Privé: Couture AW22
“The message is one of joy and pleasure, frivolity even,” Giorgio Armani said of his autumn/winter 2022 Privé show. With its sparkly lightness, the haute couture collection was loosely inspired by the 1920s and the work (and character) of the
Chanel: Couture AW22
“I like to break the graphic approach with a natural look. The clothes remain light, feminine, designed to be worn. I can't see myself doing it any other way,” Virginie Viard said of her Chanel haute couture collection, which drew
Charles de Vilmorin: Couture AW22
“My fourth haute couture collection demonstrates a whirlwind of appearances,” Charles de Vilmorin says of his AW22 offering, entitled Alienic. Perhaps the young Parisian designer is being a little modest? Rather, the collection resembles a hurricane of colours and extra-terrestrial
Schiaparelli: Couture AW22
Schiaparelli's Daniel Roseberry is a rare success story to emerge from the pandemic. The designer has positioned himself as one of our industry's most brilliant creators. He makes clothes out of a sheer passion for beautiful craft, transforming the surrealist
Iris Van Herpen: Couture AW22
In fashioning the future, one must be introspective and retrospective – at least according to Iris Van Herpen. Her AW22 collection was inspired by the work of Ovid – the Italian playwright who, in his eighth century poetic magnum opus
Dior: Couture AW22
Maria Grazia Chiuri called upon the Ukrainian artist Olesia Trofymenko for a Dior haute couture collection that drew on folk costume to form connections across borders. “She gave the reference of the tree of life, a symbol I like a