I’m very a lot having fun with all of the variations on classics on the AW23 exhibits. Sacai, Saint Laurent, Bottega and Prada are doing it for me – and Dior, after all.
Nearly completely in black, the Dior AW23 present was a ‘reincarnation’ of 50s French Woman Model, with Édith Piaf, Juliette Gréco and Catherine Dior (Mr Dior’s sister) the season’s muses. Extra ‘The New Garconne’ than The New Look, if you’ll. My prime 5 takeaways…
STEEL SKIRTS. It appears like there’s a serious shift away from sweatpants and big trousers to skirts of all descriptions. At Dior, full pleat and calf size hobblesome skirts (made out of cloth with chrome steel thread woven into the weft for a gently lived-in look) averted 50s pastiche territory because of their non-twee styling and indie-girl make-up.
COCKTAIL PUFFERS. Houndstooth test puffers have been mild, free and easy, whereas a night puffer in moiré silk was the gorpcore-glam hybrid piece of desires – good for wet London society soirées. With a few glorious trenches within the combine, be careful Burberry, Dior would possibly steal your thunder…
SOCKS WITH EVERYTHING. The rationale these 50s-esque silhouettes look trendy? The informal styling, specifically the black superfine wrinkled socks, teamed with contrasting pale Mary Jane and ankle strap comma heels.
ARCHIVE FLORALS. A floral tribute ran by means of the present, a reference to muse Catherine Dior who grew and offered flowers in the course of the warfare as an emblem of hope. The set design was phenomenal, the creation of artist Joana Vasconcelos, whose bulbous sculptures have been lined in floral patterned cloth and beads from previous Dior collections. In the meantime, the blurry summary floral prints on wrap clothes and skirts have been revived from the archive. I particularly love the skirt and quick leather-based bomber combo.
GARCONNE BEAUTY. After all, I liked the gamine crops – this whole look on Greta Hofer is brief hair targets. The pixie reduce and main darkish eye is a successful mixture; Peter Philips makes it look so easy. It’s an intense eyeliner-smoky-eye hybrid however ‘worn down’, targeting the internal and outer corners of the attention and utilizing the central pitch black shade from the 5 Colour Couture Palette Black Bow palette* on prime of the Dior Present 24h Stylo* in matte black. Brows have been barely enhanced and elongated utilizing Dior On Set Forehead* and lips have been left neutrally colored. (Must you need extra hair adornment, straw tiaras are a factor.)
P.S: for extra throwback French Woman Model, get pleasure from this 80s gem from Clive James, that includes Beatrice Dalle, Ines de la Fressange and Françoise Sagan …
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