Atelier Versace S/S 2012 Paris

[Chris_Couture05]

I love the collection very Versace. This is what couture week has been lacking. My fav is the dress that Karli Koss is wearing

 

[get fashion]

I really like it!
There's a sense of bad taste/couture, and that's Versace.

 

[fee de foret]

i think it looks kinda cheap and not put together very well...and dare i say almost project runway-ish? don't kill me versace fans!

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

i think everyone is just excited she's doing a show

 

[christian zh]

Preview

 

[Melancholybaby]

This is the Atelier Versace that I've missed so much; sexy, flashy and a little bit tacky. Can't wait for the video to see the girls rocking those gowns.

 

[juanpyx]

I loooooove this! Couture and sexy at the same time.

 

[christian zh]

 

[arkasha]

via industrie.nowmanifest.com

 

[Boomer]

A stunning collection, but whoever designed those mirrored stairs should be shot! How distracting to see all of these big time models terrified of tripping with heels, mirrors and floor length gowns- it is hard to concentrate on the clothes with all of that drama going on!!

 

[StoneSkipper]

It's good. Nothing spectacular, though.

 

[Tentacl Ventricl]

I agree with the thought posted by someone else that what is Ms Wixon doing posing like that in that canary yellow onesie.

But wait - canary yellow onesie - couture?

I'm not one for essentialism or freezing things in time - far from it, but this collection does pose the question what, and who, is couture for any more?

Surely Versace and Couture always have to be a bad fit? Versace is simply too mid market (putting it nicely) to be part of the Couture scene?

The partial answer to that question who for? - in the context of Versace, is no doubt that it's for celebrities, or anyone, with money but absolutely no class or taste.

Those Versace wearers who'll get their status kicks from being able to say (because no doubt they will 'say', in their vulgar manner), that they're wearing 'couture' get the cache of the word from associations with exclusivity and elegance.

I don't mind a bit of sexy but there's a line. And probably the line is drawn differentially in couture than it is in RTW. Donatella with this collection crossed that line. Into Vulgarity. And in doing so she exploits and cheapens the very notion of couture.

The correct riposte therefore to persons sporting Versace couture is ok it's couture but only Versace couture. Kind of the Serie B of couture.

Donatella is killing the canary that laid the golden egg.

My abiding visual image of this collection will be Ms Wixon clucking about like something out of Sesame Street.

 

[Selfportraitgrl]

The partial answer to that question who for? - in the context of Versace, is no doubt that it's for celebrities, or anyone, with money but absolutely no class or taste.

 

[Niusity]

I liked it! I mean it's not the collection it was worth to wait for years, but it's nice!

 

[Psylocke]

I think this is quite nice. The collection looked better in the nowfashion images than in the HQs but there's a few standout pieces nonetheless. The highlight being the mini dress from those detail shots (Post #52), obviously. Love those laser cut (?) details on some of the pieces as well as those floral embroideries and the gold edging. The shoes are awful, though.

 

[Crying Diamonds]

I feel this is much more Mugler than Versace - Versace I find to be less structured, and therefore more feminine - the built-up shoulders and jutting hip details are much more Thierry's area.

 

[Donatello89]

to me, couture must be classy, and for some (short) dresses, it's not. but there are good things especially the 1st dress !

 

[erins2abbey]

versace is amazing as always <3

 

[Street_a_Licious]

i'm glad that Donatella put the H&M money into good use, but her previous Atelier collections had more of an Haute Couture feeling than this, just from the look of it.

but the details are of course impeccable and insane up close.

 

[j´adore dior]

Once again it felt really Gianni for me, those shoulder pads, the mixture of different materials, the boldness of it in general, I thought it was a great collection.