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Paris latest: Givenchy
By Rebecca Lowthorpe | Posted: Mon 03 Oct 2011
For Givenchy's S/S '12 collection, Riccardo Tisci tapped a stellar lineup of friends and fans in the front row and beyond... ELLE's Fashion Features Director Rebecca Lowthorpe shares her view.
Riccardo Tisci delivered. Essentially, this designer has by now so cast-iron branded the Givenchy woman?who she is and how she wants to dress?a feat in itself which should be applauded.
Here was a great collection of sinuous, shouldered silhouettes that kicked out (at the waist) or spilled down (the fronts of jackets) with ruffles. Ultra-feminine to the point of vixendom. The stellar line-up of "vintage" models, like Frankie Rayder and Gisele, who closed the show, gave serious weight to his tough-rock-lady vision. However, occasionally the clothes looked a bit overwrought, so complex were those ruffles and folds when rendered in sequins that they became stiff as a board. One wondered how they would feel to wear in real life, i.e. not tramping down a catwalk but sitting, and... eating.�
But it was a strong show with a powerful energy from a proper designer who knows his woman inside out, all of whom, by the way, were sitting front row: Naomi, Lou Doillon, Lulu de la Falaise, ADR?quite a spread of ages and types?all, it has to be said, looking great in Givenchy.
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