The whimsical, whimsical and wonderful Haute Couture of Paris Fashion Week
Four days of the fashion world’s top designers showcasing their most extravagant designs are over, with flowers, balloons and live horses on display on the Haute Couture runways. Dior’s line by Maria Grazia Chiuri kicked off this week for the fall/winter 2022-23 collection with a simple and elegant design. The stage set was created by Ukrainian artist Olesia Trofymenko, with a collection featuring everything the average person could expect from a Haute Couture. Dior started the fashion week with a simple yet elegant runway. ( AP: Michel Euler ) Some describe the Iris van Herpen collection as “futuristic” and like from “Marvel Movies”: They weren’t wrong. The show, entitled “Meta Morphism”, is also a milestone for the award-winning couturier, marking the 15th anniversary of its namesake fashion design house. Winnie Harlow stars as one of the models in collections such as Marvel. ( AP: Michel Euler ) It may have been Iris van Herpen’s birthday but Giambattista Valli brought balloons. I