Givenchy Haute Couture

[Astrid21]

Apart from the first outfit, I'm not very impressed. I think his S/S HC was better, imo. Everything was so heavy and dark. It was almost like a gothic Valentino.

 

[Astrid21]

 

[Astrid21]

 

[LolitaLuxe]

the last set......dynasty

im not to sure about this collection------
i'll think about it tomorrow

 

[Meg]

I really like it. I love the fabrics and textures, i think i'm just drawn to deep, dark collections. A good collection for McDonald i think....i think it's couture but it's also wearable which is a triumph in my eyes.

 

[ignitioned32]

No don't like it! Even though there were some good pieces, even though mostly trying hard and no color which was dissapointing from Macdonald and too bland, tell me is Macdonald staying true to himself?

 

[Lena]

there are some really grat pieces in this collection
but the styling and ohhhh those lace tights are soooo very wrong . Of course its an all-over-the-place collection, but it has surprisingly good moments , thanks for the thread Astrid

 

[tealady]

I like the second row in the first set of clips the best. There are some beautiful pieces there!

 

[Spacemiu]

Originally posted by Lena@Jul 9th, 2003 - 5:24 am
there are some really grat pieces in this collection
but the styling and ohhhh those lace tights are soooo very wrong . Of course its an all-over-the-place collection, but it has surprisingly good moments , thanks for the thread Astrid

I completely agree

 

[asta]

i LOVE it!!!! and i love the tights!

 

[ignitioned32]

Suzy Menkes IHT Thursday, July 10, 2003
The Collections

PARIS The spirit of Audrey Hepburn, Givenchy's most famous client, hovered over Julien Macdonald's collection for the house. And the clients loved the show. "I thought that was absolutely beautiful," said Suzanne Saperstein, dressed in a Givenchy pantsuit with an airy lattice down the legs.
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"It was a dream!" said Patricia Kennedy from Los Angleles, who was ready to tear off her lime green ruffled chiffon outfit to try on Macdonald's multitude of little black dresses.
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Clients rushed forward to make salon appointments just minutes after a wannabe "Matrix" creation in iridescent cellophane, crusader capes, dresses inset with lace spirals and a wedding gown with a neck full of pearls had left the runway. Well, can so many rich and powerful clients be wrong? Or is it that women with social lives to service are looking for something different from the prevailing couture aesthetic? That sensibility envisions haute couture as an exercise in pushing creativity to the limits of the imagination and requires the couturier to perform as trapeze artist: However high it flies, it should look light and easy. The Givenchy collection looked very heavy indeed: solemn in its references to the dainty and delicious Audrey playing in "Sabrina," which meant an ink blue suit with a draped skirt that hobbled the knees. Madame-style high-collared suits and severe, stiff-skirted dresses seemed so unlike Macdonald's familiar over-the-top exuberance, that it was as though someone else had checked the boxes for "classic" and "black." A few dark jewel shades included garnet and sapphire blue for a crochet and lace dress that seemed destined for a mother of the bride in 1955. Or maybe 1985, as the firm silhouette and hard, pulled-back hair had a whiff of that decade. Although there were some smart dresses with lace inlays, it is tough for Macdonald to find a winning formula for Givenchy. If he strays into his perky, colorful, London celebrity territory, he appears to abandon the house's history; but if he is too respectful, Givenchy might just as well not have employed the youngest couturier in Paris at age 30.

International Herald Tribune

 

[cedriceccentric]

It must cost the LVMH group so much money to keep Givenchy alive.
How sad... a house with such a great classic past. I even prefer the very last collections Hubert de Givenchy made in the early '90's to all this emptiness and lack of charisma. I guess it was another era.
So maybe a radical style change could save the house.Something super-modern-into-the-future.

It's not t. Anyway I read that McDonald was at the end of his contract...

 

[Lena]

Julien is certainly on his way out cedric

 

[Spacemiu]

Is their any truth to the rumor the Hedi Sliman may take over givenchy?

 

[Scott]

i think i am in agreement with the majority. some decent pieces but personally i find it a bit too pretentious even for a house of that calibre.
and i think it indeed have alot to do with the styling,no? ultra-glam is a no-no at the house in which the reputation is known for subduity.

those editors in that suzy menkes article must have starry eyes due to being at one of the largest and most respected houses, because i didn't see anything tremendously special.

 

[cedriceccentric]

It would have been great if Heidi Slimane would have moved to Givenchy, but know that the Dior contract is extended...

Wondering who else could be right for Givenchy?

 

[Erzébeth]

do you think olivier theyskens debut at rochas aws givenchy material?

 

[Lena]

Theyskens was 'obsessed' with Givenchy since he was up for the post before his 'manager' ruined it for him and then Julian stepped in, so there could be some 'givenchy-ness' still in his design, but no, I dont really think his Rochas was Givenchy material.

I think Sibylla, Hedi, Ralf Rucci or Veronique Branquinho could be very good choices for Givenchy.

 

[Poison]

I think it is really dark and drowned, but also some kind of glamourus

 

[Spacemiu]

Originally posted by Lena@Jul 13th, 2003 - 4:24 am
Theyskens was 'obsessed' with Givenchy since he was up for the post before his 'manager' ruined it for him and then Julian stepped in, so there could be some 'givenchy-ness' still in his design, but no, I dont really think his Rochas was Givenchy material.

I think Sibylla, Hedi, Ralf Rucci or Veronique Branquinho could be very good choices for Givenchy.

I wich oliver could do couture