Givenchy Couture

By Carla Bevan on Wednesday 23 January 2008

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Marie Claire Fashion: Givenchy Couture S/S 2008

There was something inspiringly confident about Riccardo Tisci's latest 'Gothic Ballerina' couture collection for Givenchy.

An arrangement of contrasts, the show featured outfits that were a melange of juxtaposing features: white ballet tights and tutus with elbow-length black leather gloves; oversized pieces created entirely of Elizabethan-style ruffs over tight, high-waisted trousers; stiff high-necked shirts with racy leather pants; equestrian themes mixed up with a little Victoriana.

And somehow it all just worked. Even the outlandish 'wedding' dresses with their see-through skirts and puffball feathers, or a bright tomato red dress with matching tights and heels, were strangely covetable.

The best though – and most conventionally wearable, although still not your average Saturday-night garb – was a series of architecturally sculptured white outfits, including a wonderfully avant-garde cocktail dress.

Cutting-edge couture? Exactly.

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