Riccardo Tisci - Designer

[Style Savvy]

A glimpse of the Fall 2012 Men Collection

facebook/Givenchy

 

[Ives927]

That's pre-fall, not fall.
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[NICOnick]

I think it's Fall actually. It's Riccardo's first menswear collection. Tomorrow is the show. Anyways, the menswear collection looks sooooo much better than womenswear! Even the backdrop works better with men's than it did with women's.

 

[Style Savvy]

I just copied that from the Facebook page though.

 

[Ives927]

Is it not? The whole collection has already been posted in the pre-fall thread. It doesn't make sense to release the whole collection prior to the show.
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[rubyshimmer]

@NICOnick I'm not sure what you mean that this is Riccardo's first menswear collection? He's been designing menswear for Givenchy for a while now. It is the first time he's released a pre-fall collection. And despite the givenchy fb posting, I do think (or at least I really hope) that this is a pre-fall collection and not the entire fall collection itself. All other sources said pre-fall. And even the fb, just said a glimpse into the fall collection. Perhaps they just meant it will give you an idea of what the fall collection will look like, style wise, not literally the same pieces. Anyway, I'm excited for the show tomorrow.

 

[NICOnick]

You're right - it is! My mistake, it's Pre-Fall.

 

[thejarc]

Well i always thought pre collections and menswear hit the racks around the same time so to me it wouldnt really make sense to present a mens pre-fall. But lets just wait (and pray we wont be seeing denim jumpsuits)

 

[Ives927]

Stop your obsession with the Americans, Riccardo. Stop.

 

[eugenius]

I can't help but think of him as the modern-day Gaultier: good womenswear, great couture, atrocious menswear..The skirts & bold facial piercings in his recent menswear show, even the multi-ethnic model casting, all bring to mind JPG.

 

[mikeijames]

is that man part of the givenchy team? we see a lot of him from the street style bloggers...

 

[Flashbang]

New York is triumphant, Gisele disappointed: The Giants walked away with a new Super Bowl ring last night. But for the legions of fashion fans tuning in last night, it was the halftime show that was the main event. Madonna delivered a rousing (if potentially lip-synched) performance that incorporated plenty of old hits, including “Vogue,” “Open Your Heart,” and “Like a Prayer,” along with her new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” for a ten-minute-plus medley that ended with a full-on gospel choir. Along the way, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., and Cee-Lo Green all made appearances. (M.I.A. even managed to elude censors to give the finger to the live television audience.)

And the wardrobe? Courtesy of stylist and costume designer B. Akerlund, who worked with Madonna on videos including “Celebration,” “Jump,” and “4 Minutes,” they incorporated an Egyptian goddess’ store of gold headdresses and jewels and a dash of Versace-inspired Greece. Her three looks all came courtesy of Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy Haute Couture: to begin, a gold cape hand-embroidered with gold metal, studs, crystals, and lined in leopard-print chiffon; in the middle sections, a black minidress in silk cady with leopard-print cape in silk charmeuse (also hand-embroidered) and hand-studded python belt with removable flaps (above); and to close, the long black coat in silk cady with hand-embroidered sequins and micro pearls. (Sketches of all three looks are below.) Tisci also created her gold metal hat, also hand-embroidered with crystals, and her nappa leather gloves. In a statement, the designer said, “People say everything has a limit, but limits do not exist with Madonna.” (Twitter seems to concur: The site reports that her performance garnered an average 8,000 tweets per second for five straight minutes.) Madonna accessorized with 19.6 carats of white gold and diamond earrings by Bulgari. Her hair was styled by Andy Lecompte and makeup by Gina Brooke.

The rest of the evening’s fashion credits continue to roll in. Madonna’s “Music” backup dancers wore Jeremy Scott for Adidas; Nicki Minaj wore a headdress by Erickson Beamon.

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[Flashbang]

More pictures of Madonna's outfits via zimbio.com

 

[Style Savvy]

Woah, those are eerily stunning.

 

[mistress_f]

here are bigger resolution images of the sketches for madonna's costume, cape and coat from vogue.it

 

[mikeijames]

riccardo tisci at givenchy has certain racked up some extremely a-list celebrity clients between kanye west and madonna.

 

[valliaddict]

Tbh, I don't like these looks on Madonna at all. The sketches are obviously amazing, but the overall effect it had onstage was very cheap looking to me. I would've never guessed this was the real Givenchy, but more so a bad interpretation.

 

[CommanderTMugler]

I loved the costumes, though I wish there was a better view of the back of the short cape.

 

[yesitsdagny]

Madonna looked absolutely extraordinary in Givenchy!! And that look with golden cape is just beyond amazing. Someone like Madonna wearing Givenchy at such an important event definitely gives a huge public exposure to the brand, which is great!

 

[Ives927]

The illustrations and what I saw are completely two things. What I saw did not carry such drama and grandeur. Not sure who to fault, but Madonna was absolutely lackluster. She really dulled down the outfits with her infinite distractions to hide her lack of energy, lip-synching, and terrible new song.