Basil Soda S/S 2010 – Haute Couture

Basil Soda worked with a palette of non-colour but this has only served to reinforce his subtle play between cloth and body, where transparencies, geometric embroidery and volumes show give life to every movement.

Photos: Mademoiselle à Paris

Teaser: Georges Chakra S/S 2010

Just to tide you over while you wait for the pictures…

Christophe Josse S/S 2010 – Haute Couture

Yesterday, romantism was the keyword at Christophe Josse. Light colours, translucent laces have been worked to create lighter than air dresses. Many gathered applause, particularly the bandage dress made of ivory lace.
Forget the bride, a little bit too transparent and concentrate on the sublime sequined black dress, perfect for the [...]

Thimister A/W 2010 – Haute Couture

Sunday night saw an unusual show as both closing of Men’s Fashion Week and opening of Couture Week.
Thimister has been absent from the runways for over a decade and for his return, the 47-year old chose the Russian revolution as a global theme, particularly the image of murdered Tsarevich Alexei [...]

Thimister A/W 2010 preview

Photo: Mademoiselle à Paris
Men’s Fashion Week is barely over that Couture Week has started, with only a single hour between teh two. We are still working on the images from Men’s Fashion Week but I couldn’t resist sharing Sunday night’s Thimister presentation at the Palais de Tokyo.