Diamond Life
Haute Couture for Spring 2011 was shown in Paris a few weeks ago. I searched through them on Style.com looking for future trends in fashion design. I looked for commonalities between the collections but felt as if I found very little. Each couturier seemed to work from their own set of design principals and inspiration. For Alexis Mabille it was the white plaster maquettes of sculptor, Atoine Bourdelle , Alexis Mabille At Dior, John Galliano looked back to the work of fashion illustrator, René Gruau, the illustrator "whose work for Christian Dior in the forties and fifties created the house's most iconic imagery." (Tim Blanks, Style.com) Dior For Jean Paul Gaultier it was punk rock. "The invitation safety-pinned a piece of fishnet to a piece of cardboard. The run of show named outfits after "Anarchy in the U.K." and "London Calling." And that was Sid's "My Way" playing as we walked in." (Tim Blanks, Style.com) Jean Pa...