It’s on the notes of "Sadness and Sorrow" by Toshio Masuda, japanese composer, than I imagine the presentation of the S/S11 Haut Couture woman collection by Givenchy, shown at the Hotel Evreux on Place Vendôme in Paris.
The inspiration for this summer comes from a place really far away, the land of the zen gardens and the cherry trees, a place divided between ancient warriors stories and futuristic post-modern adventures of robots that want to save the world; i’m talking about Japan, and Riccardo Tisci gets out from it a collection made of geisha's contaminations, for the kimono details and the big ribbons moved on the front of the white organza dresses, a “nude look” that reminds the butoh dances, born in the 50’s, at the time of Kazuo Ohno, when the nudity of the dancers and the white painted bodies were peculiarities.
3d geometries created by the embroideries on the back representing fish bones, that look like the typical armors of the samurai uniforms, with colors like shiny and fluorescent orange and strawberry red like the details on the shoulders; birds with long necks and tails designing the silhouette of the long dresses and enriching the décolleté, making me think about the the traditional art of folding the paper, creating origami.
To make more real the idea of the japanese warrior, here comes the collaboration with “the mad hatter” Philip Treacy, who realizes armor head gears from the classical manga world, from Goldrake to Gundam, for a woman able to defend her ideas and her style. Click on Read More to see more pics.
Photos by Givenchy
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