Givenchy Nude
As an avid daydreamer and Style browser I just had to post Givenchy’s Fall 2010 Collection. I love nude and cream tones. I love the subtlety in color with complexity in every garment. It’s immaculate and romantic – simply beautiful. He also took inspiration from a one of our recent post subjects, Frida Kahlo:
He claimed his inspiration was Frida Kahlo and her three obsessions: religion, sensuality, and, given the painter’s lifelong battle with spinal pain, the human anatomy. The zipper pulls were little bones, a belt was a spinal column re-created in porcelain. The dominant motif of the collection was the skeleton, laid out flat in the lace appliquéd on a long tulle column, or rendered in three dimensions in obsessively dense clusters of crystals, pearls, and lace on the back of a jacket in double silk duchesse satin. Nestled in the middle? A tiny ceramic skull sprouting angel wings. At one point during his presentation, Tisci rather tellingly muttered, “A romantic way to see death.”
The results from committing to the gray area is always something I admire. Complex artistry shows the effort but to simplify another aspect of your art gives it something extraordinary. The dresses Givenchy created certainly came to a wonderful medium. I ache for one.
Wow…wow.