Paris Fashion Week
All about "The Couture Label
“Women’s
bodies are curvy, sensual, it’s about being happy to be a woman – and sexy is
always good,” announced Donatella Versace backstage, as she wiggled a little in
her black pantsuit, which had flares to beat all the bellbottoms of the
Seventies.
The
Atelier Versace show that kicked off the haute couture Paris summer season was
almost – but not quite – a parody of the Italian house.
An
apparently unstoppable flow of models sashayed down the runway wearing dresses
in which flesh played a starring role. Like a compass contouring the body,
there were rivulets of sheer cut-outs. All the swirls and squiggles of satin
did little to cover up the transparent net and nudity beneath.
This
was full-on sensuality in primary colours, as scarlet and electric blue took
over from black and white. The pieces were scissored into rounded shapes with
the skill of Matisse, then put together again as they licked the bare flesh.
When
the models showed up to the Versace afterparty, still wearing the second-skin
dresses, Ellie Goulding, famous for singing at the Prince William-Kate
Middleton wedding, turned up the heat some more by performing her signature
hit, “Burn”. Her “Love Me Like You Do”, which features on the soundtrack to the
new film, Fifty Shades of Grey, gave the audience an early dose of
Valentine’s Day.
If
couture is about cutting and shaping, Atelier Versace is right up there. In
fact, the thing that saves the brand from being an ode to vulgarity is how
beautifully the cut-outs, the mesh, the lace and the flesh are laid across the
body.
There
is no longer any pretence of producing daywear. Yet an all-in-one catsuit, worn
by model Karlie Kloss, had just the right 1970s-meets-2015 sophistication. The
flared trousers were a motif of the show.
And
lest we forget that the Academy Awards are coming up, Kate Hudson and her
mother Goldie Hawn were front row, reminding the audience that
made-for-Hollywood dresses win fashion Oscars.
di
Suzy Menkes
Published:
01/26/2015 - 13:38
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Atelier Versace
Schiaparelli
Ulyana Sergeenko
Photographer: Courtesy Ulyana Sergeenko
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