Sunday 6 March 2011

Rest in pieces

Shrouded in dispirited melancholy, John Galliano's collection rises from the ashes, composing incandescent beauty from sombre shadows



Hidden in 34 avenue foch, located within the 16th arrondissement, was a palatial, turkish boudoir, temporarily playing home to the absent designer's chef d'oeuvre.

Galliano's vintage vixens embraced a "mad men" figure, evoked through hourglass skirt-suits of thinly checked, fringed tweed, pressed with coy pussy-bow collars. Hat maker, Stephen Jones, breathed high-society sophistication over the retro vibrancy, with exaggerated, lavish feathered fascinators, partially concealing the model's hollow gaze. Establishing an epic struggle between hard and soft; delicate chiffon spring dresses battled juxtaposing modern inclinations, such as sharp latex and engrossing fur cuffs.

Evening-wear was a delightful focal point of the silently sorrowful collection. Immersed in a sea of splendour, we soon surfaced with floor length gowns, archangelically romanticised with draped satin, flowing like a moonlit river, near a starry sky of shimmering sequinned pieces.

As celestial grace is cultivated through nostalgic styling, the king may be gone, but his legacy lingers






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