Jean Paul Gaultier: Couture SS20
How do you round off a 50-year, mould-breaking, taboo-busting career? How do you sum up a body of work rooted in haute couture and rebellion? One that put men in skirts, embraced up-cycling as well as body and age diversity,
Valentino: Couture SS20
Pierpaolo Piccioli changed it up with his latest Valentino couture collection. Instead of pursuing a single story or theme, he became a fabric whisperer, designing whatever each bolt of tulle, satin, faille, cigaline or radzimir suggested to him. He freed his
Maison Margiela: Couture SS20
“Necessity creates the new luxury: invention with a conscience,” declared John Galliano in his customary Maison Margiela pre-show podcast – all fruity vowels and rrrrrrrolling Rs. It provides a fascinating insight into his design process, which is powered by couture.
Giorgio Armani Privé: Couture SS20
Giorgio Armani describes the design process and creation of each SS20 Armani Privé couture piece as "a gesture of joy" – couture and its endless possibilities providing the ultimate Marie Kondo wardrobe moment. What you feel is the energy. Couture
Givenchy: Couture SS20
A garden odyssey inspired Clare Waight Keller's masterful Givenchy couture show. Visits to Vita Sackville West’s glorious garden at Sissinghurst (considered one of the finest in England), the orchards at Monk House and Hubert de Givenchy’s Clos Fiorentina got the
Chanel: Couture SS20
Set in a cloistered vegetable garden inside Le Grand Palais, Virginie Viard presented an homage to Coco’s childhood in her Chanel haute couture SS20 show. It was laundry day at the Abbey of Aubazine and the white linen sheets fluttered
Dior: Couture SS20
What if women ruled the world? It was a question posed by the famed feminist artist Judy Chicago, the latest female creative to collaborate with Maria Grazia Chiuri on the latest Dior haute couture show. In search of the answer,