Some models showed off glittering fringed looks
fit for the movie awards season while others wafted down the
runway in more delicate, translucent styles with flowing capes,
as Hollywood stars Uma Thurman and Sigourney Weaver looked on.
Haute Couture Week, which runs until Jan. 23, is a display of
hand-crafted creations by a small club of fashion labels -
designs usually bought by a single client and tailored just for
them.
"The things that apparently seem simple are the most difficult,"
Dior's womenswear designer Maria Grazia Chiuri told Reuters
before the show.
"There's an idea that couture is about embroideries, something
that is very rich. From my point of view that's an old fashioned
vision of fashion and haute couture."
Many of the Dior looks came in muted tones, from pale lilac to
white, toga-style dresses with braided belts or collars.
Show-stealers included a golden-feathered cape worn over a
pleated gown.
Within the grounds of Paris' Rodin museum, guests sat inside a
giant sculpture of a "mother goddess" by American artist Judy
Chicago. She also created banners alongside the runway bearing
messages such as "What if women ruled the world?"
Chiuri, who previously worked for Valentino, has sought to put a
feminist stamp on her designs since arriving at the LVMH-owned
brand in 2016, and has collaborated with different artists and
writers for every show.
"I'm focused on project which is about feminism ... with each
collection I try to reflect on this element," she said.
Dior is one of the bigger labels on display during Haute Couture
Week, and is backed by the vast resources of its parent group.
Some smaller ones hit hurdles as they prepared for their shows -
strikes crippled French transport throughout December and
affected industry suppliers and deliveries.
French designer Christophe Josse had to cancel his runway event.
Julien Fournie, who is going ahead with his on Tuesday, said his
couture label managed to get ready by ordering fabrics way in
advance.
"It made us focus on the essence of the collection," Fournie
said. He would present 28 looks instead of the usual 30 to 35,
he added.
(Reporting by Sarah White; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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