Riccardo Tisci - Designer

[La bordélique]

what's the point on bringing back such and old thread? wtf!

I'm not sure I understand why this bothers you... members are invited to bring news to the topics that interest them and the forums are made just for that.

 

[Squizree]

Does anyone anything about Riccardo's employment at Givenchy? Like is it contract-based or performance based? Or both...?

 

[Flashbang]

Marina Abramović sat for her 700th and final hour at MoMA on Monday. With her exhibition The Artist Is Present, and its much-talked-about interactive performance marathon, all wrapped up, Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci and a host of Abramović's longtime collectors threw a party in her honor at the museum last night. "I like that Marina gets a reaction, that she pushes the envelope and tests the boundaries," said Tisci. "I am humbled by her."

With the high-profile crowd (James Franco, Björk, Christina Ricci, and Liv Tyler included) and an ululating solo from Serbian vocalist Svetlana Spajic, this definitely wasn't your run-of-the-mill art gala. MoMA's director, Glenn Lowry, joked, "No exhibition has affected human resources like Marina's did," and then acknowledged the museum's head of security, Tunji Adeniji, who received not one but two standing ovations. When it was curator Klaus Biesenbach's turn at the mic, he started by saying, "I thought Marina was in love with me—biggest misunderstanding of my career," and ended by declaring his own love for her.

The speaker who got the biggest laughs, though, was Abramović herself. "I look really decent," she said, thanking Tisci for her Givenchy jacket. "It's made from 101 snakes, which I'm sure died a natural death." Pointing out that things have changed a lot since her early days, she said, "Fashion was out of the question. There was no fashion for artists in the seventies. But I love vanity, I love fashion, and I don't have shame to tell you." Another sign of progress? "You don't have to sleep with a curator to get a show."

style.com

 

[NeverDrinkAgain]

Harriet Mays Powell visits the head designer for Givenchy in his studio



NewYorkMagazine

 

[Goya]

Can't wait to see what Tisci does for Givenchy.

 

[Flashbang]

Riccardo Tisci and Marina Abramović

by Franklin Melendez

Last week’s MoMA bacchanal made it amply clear who fashion’s latest power couple is. But apparently, the sumptuous, Givenchy-clad glamour orgy is not the only project brewing between Riccardo Tisci and performance art legend Marina Abramović. The duo sat down shortly before the party and dished about their mutual love, which bloomed quickly over their shared passion for provocative art, dark revelations and, of course, French couture. Past collaborations include magazine projects, destroying couture gowns and other general fabulousness, which sure beats painting each other’s toenails and trashing the new Sex and the City. And there is more brewing. Photographed with Abramović, an inexplicably blue-eyed Tisci professed to the Financial Times that he’d “love her to art direct a fashion show for me.” Marina only hinted at the possibility, but that’s enough for us to assume it's going to happen.

hintmag

 

[dior_couture1245]

I honestly think this could turn out to be something so prolific.

As a New Yorker, it was tangible the effect Marina had on the city...she took the Big Apple by storm, she was on everyone's lips, and MoMA could not have been more packed! She definitely brought about a strong sense of community...everyone had to go see Marina!

And the possiblity of her collaborating as an Art Director for a Givenchy show (most likely Haute Couture...fingers crossed it's the July show!) is so thrilling. I think a lof of us feel the strain of commercialism that has had such an effect on fashion for so long. Do I think this highly artistic collaboration will swing the pendulum in the opposite direction? No. Not so easy. But I think it will turn out to be an incredibly inspiring event that may renew some faith in creativity.

 

[Squizree]

Now THIS is news. It's great to see style collaborations not only in clothes, but also in setting and context.

 

[Creative]

I didn't know where to post this, maybe it deserves its own thread: Givenchy last couture collection will be held the 6th of July and it won't be showed on a catwalk.

 

[Creative]

How weird...

GIVENCHY has announced it is to stop couture catwalk shows in favour of individual client and editor appointments. The label's couturier Riccardo Tisci will condense the collection into 10 looks and present them in an 18th century town house on the Place Vendome in Paris.
"I want to make couture even more special than it is, and not just another catwalk show," Tisci told WWD. "People can really experience the couture moment - see it, touch it."
The label asserts the decision has nothing to do with cost saving, stressing that the new presentation is likely to cost 35 per cent more than a catwalk show. The installation will include a look book shot by Vogue photographer Willy Vanderperre and model appearances from Lara Stone and Mariacarla Boscono.
Tisci revealed future collections will be unveiled at the label's couture salons where mini catwalk shows will be held.
"After a crisis, a new era always starts," the designer added. "It's going to be a very good moment for creativity. For couture, it's going to go back to being very exclusive."

vogue.com

 

[Squizree]

^ This is something we'd need to see before any judgement can be made.

 

[TaylorBinque]

^I actually love the idea. Couture is all about exclusiveness and specials.

 

[Creative]

Couture has always been exclusive and it has always been showed on a runway. I prefer fashion shows rather than presentations. You can see the way dresses move, models walking the catwalk... It's something more magical, at least for me.

 

[Squizree]

^Yes, but when you're spending as much money as they are on presentations, they're bound to be more impressive than usual. With presentations you can organize everything to the very last detail.
But in general I agree with you. Runway shows are more dazzling. Movement and motion is everything.

 

[honeyisle]

I think it has EVERYTHING to do with saving money.

 

[Creative]

I thought that too (and it's hard not to keep thinking it) but it will be more expensive actually. I wonder what they are going to come up with...

 

[Deleted member 7575]

A bit shocked, gone the way of Versace Atelier.... hmmmmm......


That leaves only Dior and Chanel among the French establishment.

 

[KKnardi]

I think it has EVERYTHING to do with saving money.

yeah, why would a presentation be more expensive than a runaway show? (especially with 10 looks, ok maybe 10 extremely extraordinary looks.)

I remeber an old collection from givenchy by riccardo, maybe one of his first for givenchy, that actually was presented in a house somewhere in paris. the funny thing is that I remember it very well, compared with all the newer runaway shows...

 

[mikeijames]

whenever someone says it has nothing to do with cost saving, it has EVERYTHING to do with cost saving.

 

[LolaSvelt]

This is terrible news.