For couture shows, I will post each look. Couture is my favorite part of fashion, and since one of my regular features is Couture in editorials, it's only fair if you can see each look on the runway, and then have the fun of recognizing your favorites when they show up in the glossies.
"One Of A Kind"
W April 2011
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture
Lara Stone by Craig McDean
The invitation for Jean Paul Gaultier's couture runway show was written on black mesh pinned to cardboard, hinting that his show would have a strong punk influence. No one was surprised; this is a theme he has made the most of many times in his 30 year career, but no one expected this show to be so innovative and fresh! He took elements he has used in the past and remade them in new ways, so that each look captured our imagination, and was anything but the same old thing. For example, his staple, sailor shirts, showed up in delicate fabrics, in descending horizontal banded layers, sometimes in contrasting colors, as in the second outfit worn by Lindsey Wixson, or more subtly within the same hues. It is not surprising that looks from this collection have sent out shock waves when Rihanna wore the Bride Dress (look 46) and admiration when worn by Nicole Kidman (look 34) both to the 2011 Grammy Awards, and astonishment when worn by Karolina Kurkova at the Met Ball (look 31).
Keep your eyes peeled for the one male model in the show. Can you guess which one he is?
Frida Gustavsson
Bojana Panic
Lindsey Wixson
Maria Kashleva
Georgina Stojilkovic
Olga Sherer
Kim Noorda
Farida Khelfa
Kristina Salinovic
Julia Schoenberg
Jac
Thana Kuhnen
Kate Somers
Milagros Schmoll
Yulia Kharlapanova
Joan Smalls
Karolina Kurkova
Liu Wen
Alana Zimmer
Frida Gustavsson
Julia Saner!
Maria Kashleva
Bojana Panic
Lindsey Wixson
Georgina Stojilkovic
Olga Sherer
Kristina Salinovic
Kim Noorda
Julia Schoenberg
Kaitlin Aas
Jac
Magdalena Frackowiak
Thana Kuhnen
Hana Ben Abdesslem
Joan Smalls
Yulia Kharlapanova
Sigrid Agren
Liu Wen
Karolina Kurkova
Milagros Schmoll
Alana Zimmer
Kate Somers
Julia Saner
Frida Gustavsson
Farida Khelfa
Andrej Pejic
Jean Paul Gaultier with model Farida Khelfa
Photos by Yannis Vlamos
Date of show - January 26, 2011
Milagros Schmoll? That my guess. The arms look male. The looks are amazing. I feel like I need to keep going over it to see it all. Too much to take in!
Maybe it's Andrej Pejic? The name looks masculine. Ish. I never know with European names. They have such different Ideas then we do.
It's Andrej Pejic, in "The Bride Dress". I don't understand his body. I'm just assuming that there's something hormonal going on that has made his features and figure so feminine. Not even androgynous, but feminine. I'd be convinced he was a woman no matter what he wore. And Gaultier needs to bring controversy (that's his style), and now that the runways are more diverse, with East Asian models, the very rare Persian model and some black models, there aren't so many envelopes to push. I would prefer to keep it more traditional, but as long as he doesn't start couture for plus size, I'm not complaining.
Milagros Schmoll? That my guess. The arms look male. The looks are amazing. I feel like I need to keep going over it to see it all. Too much to take in!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's Andrej Pejic? The name looks masculine. Ish. I never know with European names. They have such different Ideas then we do.
It's Andrej Pejic, in "The Bride Dress". I don't understand his body. I'm just assuming that there's something hormonal going on that has made his features and figure so feminine. Not even androgynous, but feminine. I'd be convinced he was a woman no matter what he wore. And Gaultier needs to bring controversy (that's his style), and now that the runways are more diverse, with East Asian models, the very rare Persian model and some black models, there aren't so many envelopes to push. I would prefer to keep it more traditional, but as long as he doesn't start couture for plus size, I'm not complaining.
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