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Jul20

Designers go OTT at the Haute Couture Fashion Week.

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Designers go OTT at the Haute Couture Fashion Week.

One of last week’s biggest events to take place in Paris was the Haute Couture Fashion Week and it certainly created a massive roar in the fashion world! In fact the exciting and much anticipated show revealed a gold enthused lion, which appeared 45 foot in size, this particular piece was just one of the many highlights of the show and took a total of 6 months to create!

Paris Fashion Week usually reveals an array of A-list faces and money clad socialites and it’s no surprise with an array of extravagant and equally pricey gowns and accessories on offer. Each piece showcased resembled a work of art, some of which can only be described as Oscar appropriate attire.

Last week however revealed a new twist on the normally seen dress in the shape of a democratic style. Renowned fashion houses Chanel and Armani Prive introduced a series of easy tailored separates to their current collections that were in fact appeared appropriate for everyday on goings.

One of the main attractions however was the beaded creation by Givenchy; this particular creation took an immense total of 1600 to produce! Other much wanted pieces included the array of glittering lingerie that was showcased at John Paul Gaultier and modelled on Dita Von Teese.

All in all the evening failed to disappoint, leaving many of us dreaming of wearing such attire.

Jun11

Haute Couture goes blue and takes inspiration from this year’s hit movie Avatar.

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Haute Couture goes blue and takes inspiration from this year’s hit movie Avatar.

It’s a normal occurrence for Haute Couture to delve into the world of fantasy and most of the attire is truly innovative and extraordinary in style, which is why it comes as no surprise to see the beauty inspirations follow in the same footsteps.

Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino are two of the designers who showcased exactly this and turned to the movie Avatar for inspiration. The make-up looks revealed at this season’s catwalks went to the utmost extremes, with a mixture of yellows, blues, greens and contemporary metallic blues. These shades and styles were used by the renowned make up artist Tom Pecheux who styled the models faces backstage at John Paul Gaultier and these colours and hues were seen adorning both the eyes and lips of the girls.

The high fashion house Valentino opted for whimsical pastel blues which were swept across the tops of the models faces, which in turn created the illusion of a blindfold like effect and really echoed the dreamlike fantasy world that Haute Couture strongly resembles. This blindfold was painted on the eyes of models that had extremely pale complexions in order to create a statement contrast; it was as if the girls had stepped off the set of James Cameron’s Avatar and onto the runway.

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Jun11

Couture gets colourful and showcased an array of fantasy shades and hues for s/s 2010.

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Couture gets colourful and showcased an array of fantasy shades and hues for s/s 2010.

It seems that it was a competition to see who could the loudest colour arrangements at this season’s Haute Couture shows. The predominant beauty theme paid strong attention to fantasyland style indications, these ranged in style from Aztec to Avatar looks. In terms of colour, hues and shades were revealed to be extremely playful with an almost ‘wonderland’ feel. High fashion house Armani revealed a series of delicate soft pastels, whilst Chanel went for statement neon coral lips. John Paul Gaultier opted for pretty rainbow eyes where as Dior went in a different direction and worked the block colours. High fashion house Valentino went for a more statement look and created a series of unique make-up masks.

Even the hair styles showcased changing levels of colour introductions running through the various model’s locks. Alexis Mabille revealed half-hair wigs whilst Chanel’s extreme larger-than-life hair bows showcased hues of grey and pretty girly pastel extensions were all the rage at Valentino.

The combinations of colours revealed at the Haute Couture shows included statement shiny and radiant navy eyes teamed with hot fiery red lips at Givenchy, these shades in fact revealed a more contemporary look when paired together than they would when worn separately. This season is certainly suggesting that we shouldn’t be afraid to experiment with different hues and shades of colour.