For the occasion of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, VIONNET opens its doors in a wonderful private resort. Discover the VIONNET Party in Cannes, Goga Ashkenazi, owner and creative director of VIONNET since last year, with her 1st Demi-Couture Spring/Summer 2013, and Fall/Winter 2013/14 collection during this post.
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VIONNET Fall/Winter 2013/14
For its first official fashion show on the Parisian calendar this spring, Vionnet
presents a vision of modern femininity delineated in bold, confident
brushstrokes. Madame Vionnet’s own obsession with Greek draping is a
central tenant, revisited on actual clothing construction as well as
celebrated in a new print featuring ancient columns and contemporary
flash stripes. The brush with antiquity, however, is refracted in a
totally modern lens that borrows from the pop art oeuvre of Roy
Lichtenstein and puts the woman in center stage.
Heritage shapes are updated this season with a variety of deeply luxurious materials. Yellow kidassia fur and glossy black astrakhan are fused on an intricate coat or collaged together with printed duchesse satin on a short cocktail dress. Reverse sided metal mesh adds a new textural dimension, either on pools of liquid metal on a black or white gown, or on the shoulders of a fox vest or the racer back of a printed lynx vest.
Enjoy the fashion show video at the end of this post, and much more VIONNET To Love!
Heritage shapes are updated this season with a variety of deeply luxurious materials. Yellow kidassia fur and glossy black astrakhan are fused on an intricate coat or collaged together with printed duchesse satin on a short cocktail dress. Reverse sided metal mesh adds a new textural dimension, either on pools of liquid metal on a black or white gown, or on the shoulders of a fox vest or the racer back of a printed lynx vest.
Enjoy the fashion show video at the end of this post, and much more VIONNET To Love!
The House of Vionnet
is one that has been resurrected from fashion past and it's found
itself in difficulty trying to get to grips with the future. That's
because it's a brand that meant something more then, where now houses
and fashions themselves have changed so much and the world around them
means something different. How do you tackle this? Last season, following the departure of Barbara and Lucia Croce, owner
of the reprised label, Goga Ashkenzi, oversaw a design team, but hopped
on board half way through. Now this was the output of her vision from the
beginning.
"I'm showing a slightly stronger image. My idea is that women should be walking more proudly. There was a time when there was a demureness and it's almost like they had to hide their strength. What I'm trying to do is something strong and still with a femininity," said Ashkenazi post-show.
And it was strong and defiant in shape, borrowing from the Eighties by
way of Ancient Greece for high necks and gladiator belts. Draping was
precise to create black folds on suiting from which beneath pealed out
mint green. The gladiator-glamazon reference continued with gold - on
trousers and there were yellows furs. It had more bite to it than
previously but perhaps on occasion a little too much on the directional
front. It's going to take a few more seasons, as it has done already, to work
out where exactly this is going and how it will and should fit into the
fashion landscape. But Ashkenazi comes armed with focus, which is ideal
as that's what's needed when it comes to taming fashion ghosts.
Selections by ANDREA JANKE Finest Accessoriesa
Photo credits/Source: The House of VIONNET
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1st Demi Couture collection by VIONNET Spring/Summer 2013
"Gorgeous Goga" - Ms. Goga Ashkenazi published in the first Issue of Elle Luxe Italia, December 2012. "A glamorous, adventurous life. From being raised in Kazakhstan to acquiring and becoming creative director of Vionnet, one of the most prestigious fashion houses. For the first time Goga Ashkenazi opens the doors to her new home right in the heart of Milan."
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