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Ultra Femininity a la Vivienne
PARIS, October 5 - On opening day of the Paris Ready-to-Wear shows for Spring/Summer 2005, Vivienne Westwood found herself on a calendar that featured a sprinkling of Japanese intellectuals plus John Galliano for Christian Dior, and Jean Paul Gaultier for Jean Paul Gaultier. Somehow, her ever-creative avant-garde style fits right in with the mélange.
For Spring / Summer 2005, Viv sent out a ravishing collection that was sewn of bits and pieces of straps, scraps and sashes. From a dress that looked to have been folded from a plaid tablecloth, to a military-inspired top painted with trompe l'oeil buttons that disintegrated into shards of asymmetrical trim, to an 18th century courtly dress recycled with plastic and gold lamé, Viv's ingenuity was on display as much as her clothes were. Amazonian models with bizarre Stonehenge looking coifs took the air of modern day druids- of the kind that greet the summer solstice each year amid clouds of pot fumes - stalking the wooden runway as if they were wandering about some primeval misty heath. If an air of uncertainty hung overhead, well that only proves the adage that fashion reflects life.
Entitled "Ultra-Femininity", the collection was just that: in a very British, very urbane sort of way. If the New York shows were about a return to 50s modesty, then Vivienne Westwood's more believable, and more creative approach speaks volumes about where the world really is.
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