The Runway Report for Germanier Fall 2024 Ready-to-Wear is finally here, and we predict the next stop is a Haute Couture show for the house. We don’t see the bridge line because the Swiss designer always brings drama to his shows. The designer made a glamorous Haute Couture show with a high-octane lineup that evoked the energy of his heyday.
Runway Report: Germanier Fall 2024
“People are there for the drama, so let’s go for it,” said Kevin Germanier before a fall collection in which he recaptured the energy of his early days.
He pulled no stops in the 19th-century performing arts theatre, where he staged the show, which was opened and closed by his muse, top French drag performer La Grande Dame, who is currently competing in the second season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: U.K. vs. the World.”
A 55-strong brass orchestra performed live on the stage, while his lineup was a riot of colours, sequins, shivering trims, and found beads—how many more does he have in store?
Germanier Next Stop Haute Couture
Germanier said this was his introduction to couture, a space he feels ready to enter. Not only does the Swiss designer feel that working in Paris mandates bringing “the most creative, the craziest” version of his aesthetic to the table, but he also believes it would be “a perfect business strategy” for his six-year-old brand. This is particularly true after his proof-of-concept collection for the LVMH Circularity initiative, using 100% upcycled materials from the luxury group’s houses.
So even his knits were given a craft-intensive update, courtesy of his 84-year-old grandmother and 87-year-old great-aunt, who tag-teamed to create the season’s beaded iterations. Plus, there’s always something new for him to transform into a fantastical creature.
This time, spikes were habitually used in floral arrangements. “Not only am I the bin of fashion, but now I’m the bin of any material,” he joked.
He made them protrude from seams like spiny outlines or attached them as trailing feather analogues onto corseted dresses made of rhomboid plates assembled with metal rings.
“No concession,” he said. “This is a fantasy. There’s a reason it’s a show: it’s not only the girls, it’s not only the garments, it’s the whole story.”
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