In a typical yr, Haute Couture Week in Paris lands smack dab in the midst of the Fourth of July vacation weekend. However this isn’t a typical yr. The Olympic video games are being held within the metropolis for the primary time since 1924 and in anticipation of their arrival, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode shifted the schedule up by roughly per week to permit designers to current their highest-end choices to shoppers earlier than the whole world descends upon the town for the opening ceremony on Friday, July 26. From day one of many reveals, it was clear that couturiers had each athletes and the triumph of the human spirit on the mind. Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri introduced a lineup of sporty-chic Grecian robes, many with tank high silhouettes, in tribute to Olympians from antiquity to right now. Ever the showman, Thom Browne started his presentation with a literal tug of warfare and ended with fashions in bronze, silver, and gold gilded suiting. For its half, Chanel regarded to feats of the operatic selection presenting the home’s first assortment for the reason that departure of Virginie Viard on the Palais Garnier. The presentation, which featured dramatic opera capes and glamorous night skirt units, marked the primary time Chanel has held a couture present on the historic location. (Its common spot, the Grand Palais, is presently being outfitted to accommodate Olympic fencing.) Right here, we’ve tracked the winningest appears to be like of the season.
