Givenchy Bids Adieu to Couture Runway

[chloehandbags]

They have clearly realised that, as the vast majority of the money has fallen into the hands of (read, been stolen by!) a very small percentage of the population (read bankers!), the best way to exploit this situation is to go back to the times when a few super-wealthy clients were pandered to on an individual basis.

Very depressing sign of the times...

 

[Creative]

I definitely have to agree with the one who said this is just because they want to save money. I don't believe anymore it's going to be more expensive, and of course the reason of giving up runway shows is not bringing back exclusiveness to couture ( ).

 

[windlagoon]

phew

at least they're still doing presentation

MY HEART STOPPED YA'LL!

MINE TOO OMG. i thought that they would stop doing couture...
i'm glad that they're doing a presentation. it gives people time to see every detail, and more time to analyze the piece. but, as someone said before, motion is very important so idk. i just hope we get to see the pieces and the photos.

i'm sure i will be surprised...i hope it will be amazing

 

[JuiceMajor]

This news is shocking. It is almost like when YSL announcing not doing couture! It blows!

 

[Fatalefashion]

I'm not worried with Givenchy , I still have Christian Dior, Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino.

Goodbye Givenchy you is poor. (Presentation are also poor and cheap)

 

[FashionPower]

Yeah we still have Dior,Valentino,Chanel and Gaultier
Of course Givenchy was a big part of the whole couture buzz,but thankfully we still have a lot of other amazing shows

 

[AGiles]

We are not losing Givenchy Couture its just going back to the way he showed it in Fw 2005 and SS 2006 which was amazing

 

[Federico]

Hey, don't you remembrer the interview to Riccardo Tisci and Marina Abramovic?

RT: It’s about emotions, which is what I feel everything I do needs to be about; giving and getting emotions, and when I can’t sense that any more in this job, I think I will stop. The funny thing is, when I started my career I always did installations or performance pieces, and only when I got to Givenchy and all the critics kept saying they had to see the clothes move did I do the full runway, which I had always thought made girls look like robots.

The first couture collections by Riccardo by Givenchy where exactly this way, and I think they were far more suggestive than simple catwalking.
I think this is the true reason of giving up runway shows, and the next season could be a first attempt to do something special and unusual.

RT: I think Marina could open the door to that for a whole generation. And then, next, I want her to art-direct a fashion show for me.

MA: I want to train models to walk a different way. I –

RT: Don’t tell!

Anyway the next presentations will be held at the Givenchy couture salons (I think Givenchy atelier is a gourgeous setting in simple art nouveau style...) and will feature mini Catwalk shows too.