5 Favorite Haute Couture Collections
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Lacroix S/S 05
Lacroix F/W 05
Lacroix S/S 06
Chanel S/S 06
Dior S/S 07
Lacroix F/W 05
Lacroix S/S 06
Chanel S/S 06
Dior S/S 07
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Christian Dior Haute Couture A/W 1999/2000
Christian Dior Haute Couture A/W 1997/1998
Christian Dior Haute Couture S/S 2007
I am cheating, I know its not 'couture' but McQueen AW 1998, for the intensity
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Christian Dior Haute Couture A/W 1997/1998
Christian Dior Haute Couture S/S 2007
I am cheating, I know its not 'couture' but McQueen AW 1998, for the intensity
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SOOOOOO hard.
In no order.
Chanel Haute Couture Fall/ Winter 2006
Givenchy Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2007
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2007
Christian Lacroix Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2006
Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2005
Basically, I pulled 5 collections out of a hat...because I really have so many more than 5....(Lacroix HC FW 02, 06, 07, SS 02, 07 JPG HC FW 05, 06, 07, SS 06, SS 08, Dior HC FW 02, 03, 04, 05, SS 03, SS 06, Givenchy HC FW 06, 07, Chanel HC SS 05, 06, 07, FW 05)...you get the idea...
Basically, every couture season brings at least one new favorite collection...and that is NOT an exaggeration. The couture designers working today are really that talented that not a single season goes by without a new favorite added to my mental library! (And I'm VERY sad that Alessandra F is working in couture anymore because she had such a wonderful HC debut and I knew only bigger and better things would come out of Valentino Couture with Alessandra....)
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In no order.
Chanel Haute Couture Fall/ Winter 2006
Givenchy Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2007
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2007
Christian Lacroix Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2006
Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2005
Basically, I pulled 5 collections out of a hat...because I really have so many more than 5....(Lacroix HC FW 02, 06, 07, SS 02, 07 JPG HC FW 05, 06, 07, SS 06, SS 08, Dior HC FW 02, 03, 04, 05, SS 03, SS 06, Givenchy HC FW 06, 07, Chanel HC SS 05, 06, 07, FW 05)...you get the idea...
Basically, every couture season brings at least one new favorite collection...and that is NOT an exaggeration. The couture designers working today are really that talented that not a single season goes by without a new favorite added to my mental library! (And I'm VERY sad that Alessandra F is working in couture anymore because she had such a wonderful HC debut and I knew only bigger and better things would come out of Valentino Couture with Alessandra....)
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Wow great thread! 
I'm one of the few that isn't that impressed with Galliano's Dior Couture. Sure, its spectacular and exciting - but it's too theatrical and costume-like for me. His costumes are art forms, there is no doubt, but his references are too obvious for me. Amazons, Marie Antoinette, Geisha's. It gets a little pretentious after a while.
I prefer the beautiful gothic melancholy of Tisci for Givenchy or the sharpness of Lagerfel's Chanel.
I guess I like Haute Couture to be elaborate but straightforward.
These are my favourite HC collections in order
1. Givenchy HC Spring 2007
2. Valentino HC Fall 2008
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3. Givenchy Fall 2007
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4. Givenchy HC Fall 2006
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5. Givenchy HC Spring 2006
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I'm one of the few that isn't that impressed with Galliano's Dior Couture. Sure, its spectacular and exciting - but it's too theatrical and costume-like for me. His costumes are art forms, there is no doubt, but his references are too obvious for me. Amazons, Marie Antoinette, Geisha's. It gets a little pretentious after a while.
I prefer the beautiful gothic melancholy of Tisci for Givenchy or the sharpness of Lagerfel's Chanel.
I guess I like Haute Couture to be elaborate but straightforward.
These are my favourite HC collections in order
1. Givenchy HC Spring 2007
2. Valentino HC Fall 2008
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3. Givenchy Fall 2007
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4. Givenchy HC Fall 2006
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5. Givenchy HC Spring 2006
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i love hc even better that the prêt-a-porter shows, so here are my absolute favourites:
5. Jean Paul Gaultier SS 07 - The Icon Collection
such a beautiful collection, the colours, so soft, and how carefully he treated the kitsch surrounding religious art. it was magic. The Stam never looked better on a runway
4. Christian Lacroix SS 08 - An Angel Passing By
i always loved how monsieur lacroix masters colour. he mixes blues and greens and reds and pinks and gets away with it like no other. this is such an optimist collection
3. Valentino FW 07 - Anniversary HC
i know, Valentino is not a popular name around here, but i love this collection. it's down to earth hc at its best. and it's a million times better than elie saab. i wish he would retire...
2. Christian Dior FW 07 - Anniversary Collection
i've watched this show over and over again, and i had a hard time picking my favourite look, but i have to go for Doutzen's Marie-Antoinette-gown, because it shows how well researched this collection is, besides being utterly beautiful: the chain detail on Doutzen's bodice is a sketch of the famous necklace from MA's necklace affair.
1. Chanel SS 08 - The Shell Collection
ah, what an amazing collection, starting with the hairdo - karl wanted 'modern shell' - down to the ballerina flats. utterly elegant, clever, just karl. this dress an coco rocha, it surely deserves first place!
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5. Jean Paul Gaultier SS 07 - The Icon Collection
such a beautiful collection, the colours, so soft, and how carefully he treated the kitsch surrounding religious art. it was magic. The Stam never looked better on a runway
4. Christian Lacroix SS 08 - An Angel Passing By
i always loved how monsieur lacroix masters colour. he mixes blues and greens and reds and pinks and gets away with it like no other. this is such an optimist collection
3. Valentino FW 07 - Anniversary HC
i know, Valentino is not a popular name around here, but i love this collection. it's down to earth hc at its best. and it's a million times better than elie saab. i wish he would retire...
2. Christian Dior FW 07 - Anniversary Collection
i've watched this show over and over again, and i had a hard time picking my favourite look, but i have to go for Doutzen's Marie-Antoinette-gown, because it shows how well researched this collection is, besides being utterly beautiful: the chain detail on Doutzen's bodice is a sketch of the famous necklace from MA's necklace affair.
1. Chanel SS 08 - The Shell Collection
ah, what an amazing collection, starting with the hairdo - karl wanted 'modern shell' - down to the ballerina flats. utterly elegant, clever, just karl. this dress an coco rocha, it surely deserves first place!
all pics style.com
#1 Christian Dior S/S 2000 - It's probably my first memory of haute couture, as well as my first memory of a scandal in fashion. I remember hearing about how controversial it was at the time, and that kind of drew me in. There's this strange dichotomy about it. On the one hand, it's a couture collection so you know that these clothes were labor intensive, perfectly done and insanely expensive as a result. But on the other hand they're made to look like the exact opposite of that, like they were pieced together haphazardly from scraps, like they didn't cost a thing because the pieces were dug out of the trash, like they're not about being beautiful at all. It's haute couture, but at the same time it's anti-haute couture. There's so much to this collection, beyond the surface and the scandal. It makes you think.
The rest aren't in any particular order, because I honestly can't think of how to rank them.
Chanel S/S 2001 - One of Karl's best HC collections (as far as I can remember anyway). The concept was so simple it's practically boring; blouses tucked into skirts. But the way he stretched that to make this easy, flirty, sexy, playfully glamorous collection was just amazing. It wasn't over-embellished, over-styled or overly reverential in it's Chanelisms. All of those elements were at just the right pitch.
Christian Dior F/W 1997 - I had a bit of trouble choosing between this and Galliano's debut HC collection for s/s 97. Ultimately this won because it's the more cohesive collection of the two. All of the elements; Mata Hari, maharajahs, Art Nouveau, Toulouse Lautrec, Gustav Klimt, Edwardian tightlacing....it all worked together so perfectly to create an insanely beautiful and seductive collection.
Christian Dior S/S 2001 - One of the most brash, fun, energetic couture collections I can think of. It has a rawness to it that I've always responded to. And the story that the collection tells, the evolution from frustrated post-war secretary to post-apocolyptic Amazon seen through the eyes of a comic strip is such an unexpected route for a couture collection to take that I can't help but love it. Besides that, the clothes are stunning.
Jean Paul Gaultier F/W 2002 - definitely Gaultier's best HC collection, at least in my opinion. It was such an amazing blend of rigor and restraint with all out decadence and eroticism. The way he used mens clothing and military uniforms to make a woman look feminine and seductive was absolutely brilliant. Not to mention that the details are mindblowing.
corbis & fashionwindows.com
The rest aren't in any particular order, because I honestly can't think of how to rank them.
Chanel S/S 2001 - One of Karl's best HC collections (as far as I can remember anyway). The concept was so simple it's practically boring; blouses tucked into skirts. But the way he stretched that to make this easy, flirty, sexy, playfully glamorous collection was just amazing. It wasn't over-embellished, over-styled or overly reverential in it's Chanelisms. All of those elements were at just the right pitch.
Christian Dior F/W 1997 - I had a bit of trouble choosing between this and Galliano's debut HC collection for s/s 97. Ultimately this won because it's the more cohesive collection of the two. All of the elements; Mata Hari, maharajahs, Art Nouveau, Toulouse Lautrec, Gustav Klimt, Edwardian tightlacing....it all worked together so perfectly to create an insanely beautiful and seductive collection.
Christian Dior S/S 2001 - One of the most brash, fun, energetic couture collections I can think of. It has a rawness to it that I've always responded to. And the story that the collection tells, the evolution from frustrated post-war secretary to post-apocolyptic Amazon seen through the eyes of a comic strip is such an unexpected route for a couture collection to take that I can't help but love it. Besides that, the clothes are stunning.
Jean Paul Gaultier F/W 2002 - definitely Gaultier's best HC collection, at least in my opinion. It was such an amazing blend of rigor and restraint with all out decadence and eroticism. The way he used mens clothing and military uniforms to make a woman look feminine and seductive was absolutely brilliant. Not to mention that the details are mindblowing.
corbis & fashionwindows.com
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