Craftsmanship, sustainability and love for nature are some of the most outstanding aspects that emerged from the last Paris Fashion Week still ongoing disclosing the newest s/s 2024 designers’ collections.
Among others, “The Valentino L’École Collection” by Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli disclosed a new approach to the female body, representative of freedom and emblematic of emancipation.
The designer focused a new attention on the body and nakedness, presenting it as a natural state, rather than a means of provocation.
Photo: Valentino
Valentino s/s 2024He considered skin itself becoming a fabric with abbreviated skirt permitting dynamic movement, while bold cuts open windows onto the body, allowed new forms to be reconsidered.
The designer disclosed a new technique, named Altorilievo (High Relief), that sculpts fabric into apparently seamless three-dimensions, creating naturalistic forms – Baroque foliage, fruit, flowers and animals – worn on the naked body and built around the body, as if the woman became an active participant in its design. Elaborate yet simple, the decoration creates structure, their silhouettes entirely determined by the body – here simultaneously clothed and unclothed.
Photo: Undercover
UndercoverUndercover, the designer brand designed by Jun Takahashi, presented a collection which in part inspired itself to nature as some dresses gowns disclosed transparent parts holding real flowers, insects and vegetal elements wrapped in special tulle strata. These special elements were defined by many insiders as “terrariums” showing how much, at least as an inspiring element, nature can be part of what we wear…
Photo: Balenciaga
BalenciagaBalenciaga’s last provocation, and last collection before Demna Gvsalia leaves the brand’s creative direction, played with a mix of elements that span from luxury streetwear to tailormade craftsmanship. While the show’s models were personalities like Mariacarla Boscono, Caty Horyn and linda Loppa, and Isabelle Huppert read literature passages, the show presented a mix of eccentric looks, including a selection of upcycled apparel pieces made from recycled denim.
Source : The Spin Off
