Tennis Court. Ganni SS15

August 7, 2014January 5, 2024 | Design & Culture by Ed

So here we are – Copenhagen Fashion Week! Yay! The first day just ended and we’ve already got tons of great labels and designers. The first one on the go? Definitely it’s Ganni. That youthful brand showed it’s new collection for SS15 on a tennis court, where the models wore sporty, awesome dresses and oufits. The main idea of Ganni is to create sexy and playful clothes which are not too tricky, not too fashion but very gorgeous. For the new season, we saw great pieces for active summer – white maxi dresses, green satin sweatpants, easy-to-go sequin gowns… and of course white trainers on the feet. What’s better than that? Well, only the good styling. “At Ganni we don’t believe in the idea of one single designer personifying entire collections again and again, we prefer exchanging ideas. We do that within the design team and together with other artists that inspire us. Together we blend past classics with the best of the present – to create collections that are sexy and vibrant.”

HC: Red. Viktor & Rolf AW14

July 11, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Viktor & Rolf thought of something so clear for today’s celebrities- red carpets. For their third haute couture show, they changed the whole runway into an endless red carpet. And, amazingly, the clothes were also red… and were made out of carpets, mostly. If you are interested how to knot your red, bathroom rug around your body, here is your perfect guide. Should I write more?

HC: Masacarade. Maison Martin Margiela AW14

July 10, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

“It enriches, it dresses, it decorates” was the quote, as Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal once again sought out a vision of haute couture that is wholly idiosyncratic to the house. Having cherry-picked the finest textiles from 18th century French lampas silks to Japanese 50s silk bomber jackets, MMM lavished hours of embroidery and embellishment work on top so that you can’t distinguish what was found and what was created. Again, thing that were lost were again found, things old were new and thing ugly again were beautiful. Although, I must say, it all looked like a mascarade ball. And veils were all about faberge eggs, Kanye!

HC: Tout Arrive. Bouchra Jarrar AW14

July 10, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Bouchra Jarrar is called by many the quintessence of Parisian chic. And also, it’s said that her Perfecto trousers are the most comfortable ever. In fact she does couture, which in reality is ready-to-wear, but still, everybody call it haute couture. Well. For Fall, Jarrar presented Nicolas Ghesquiere like tailored jackets, trousers made out of four layers, sporty vests with hand-crafted detailings and oxford shoes made in collaboration with Christian Louboutin. The collection is seriously chic and sexy and classy- but I am afraid it’s not really couture, even if a lot of work was used to do this collection.

HC: Blend of Two. Chanel AW14

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Like the dying embers of a baroque world, a gilded mirror hung in a modernist white space above a digitally-flamed fire, at the Chanel Haute Couture show yesterday in Paris. For this collection, Karl Lagerfeld thought of his vision of modernism. White neoprene gowns with baroque embroideries; curvilinear forms of a Le Corbusier building, the cloth moulded in an egg shape around the body, without any side seams; 21st Cinderella dresses; and a strange blend of the famous Paris-Edinburgh & Paris-Dubai collections Karl did earlier this year. The collection in my opinion is a bit normal. And somehow, I prefer couture on heels. Please, no more gladiator sandals! P.s. The last look was shown by Ashleigh Good, the seven month pregnant model. She wore a white cape with splendorous, gold, embroidered back. That moment was the most special in the whole collection.