As the show progressed, the proportions took on greater volume, especially in the shoulders, which ended up in the realm of just this side of ridiculous. Vauthier showed he knows just when to stop in terms of extreme & thus saved the collection overall.
In the mid-section, Beige emerged as a transition to the Electric Blue tempered with Black that Mr. Vauthier brought in to conclude the season. Aside from one incredibly strange & in our opinion, off putting acid washed denim jacket & jean that looked like something one might find on the end of season rack at Top Shop or The Gap, the Fall/Winter 2022 Haute Couture collection for Alexandre Vauthier was everything the genre ought to represent. He pushed the envelope forward & demonstrated a depth of skill that once defined the artisans that ought to be de rigueur in the hallowed halls of the Haute Couture. He ought to be applauded & if he continues to deliver efforts like this, he ultimately will be by those who not only understand good fashion at this level, but support it with their orders. Bravo!
-R. Scott French
Designer Website: www.alexandrevauthier.com
]]>Finally, she concluded that her independence & the ability to follow her own design intuition were more important than being at the helm of a large fashion label. She was called to launch her own collection. However, she chose to step outside of her comfort zone & allow her vision to be realized in a women’s collection. But rest assured, her trademark details & her constant desire to apply a twist here & a tweak there to create something quietly special can be found throughout her collection, which she labels in her own moniker, “Karnit Aharoni”.
Karnit led a life full of inspiration from birth. Her parents were diplomats, so she found herself growing up at the doorstep of the world at large. She was constantly traveling & was exposed to countless cultures & societal ideas. Each of these ideas & inspirations can be found en masse throughout her collection.
The inspiration behind the Spring/Summer 2021 collection is her Grandmother who was a very stylish woman & has always proven a great inspiration. For this collection, she was particularly inspired by images of her grandmother in the 1930’s. Karnit added in a bit of wild west style, which she feels define the crazy times of change in which we are currently living. This collection, she says, “feels like chaos mixed with the excitement of the new, just like it was back then.”
This mix of seemingly diametrically opposed styles is a hallmark of Aharoni’s design aesthetic. “It’s always a mix”, says Aharoni. “I always try to keep some elements that are loved & recognizable, adding to that some new fabrics & colors, especially the jacquards with are exclusive & always tell a story”. She then says that she always conducts extensive research into the period style she finds inspirational or elements that interests her, &, it’s at this time that the “designs happen.”
“I believe what we are going through at the moment, are changes which would have happened anyway, even without covid.”
– Karnit Aharoni
The company has been founded in a manner that make it primed to flourish in the post COVID (just post…) business environment. The team is committed to relying on: Small quantities, responsible production & partners, season-less pieces, all of which keep seed capital more conservatively advanced & fiscal burn rate will be more manageable to investors.
The collection itself truly is a special one that is even better when seen in person. All the fabrics are 100% natural, eco responsible & are sourced from Italy or France. Production too is from either France or Portugal. The Karnit Aharoni collection is a notable entry into the fashion landscape, a landscape that is becoming increasingly dotted with novel, new, eco-friendly collections like the one we have here. These collections need to not only be celebrated, but supported. Click at the link below to show your love…
Find more on www.karnitaharoni.com
Designer Publicist: www.Mephistopheles.fr
All Photographs: Greg Alexander
Model: Angline @ EliteMilano
Jones grew-up near Charleston and owns a home in nearby Rodmell. In an interview with Vogue’s Anders Christian Madsen, the designer described the collection as “intensely personal.” Jones didn’t deliver an excessively literal interpretation of how the Bloomsbury gang dressed. He referenced photographs taken of the group’s members and kept to a muted color palette of gray, cream, light green, nude and black.
Actress Demi Moore opened the show in black pants and a low-cut bell sleeve top, looking decades younger than in recent photos. Kate Moss wore a silver gown satin gown with crystal detailing at the bottom that looked like water droplets. “Daphne” the heroine of the “Bridgerton” series would have adored this dress and worn it over and over again. There was a sleek white pantsuit that was a modern- day rendition of the iconic one Bianca Jagger wore to her wedding to Mick. Look ten referenced the Bloomsbury’s love for gardens and gender fluidity. The lame bolero and trouser was paired with a beaded nude shirt with oversize cuffs. Sylvia Fendi’s daughter, Delfina Delettrez, walked the show and also created some interesting earrings and hair accessories that added drama to the collection. The massive chandelier earrings bordered on the surrealistic; they resembled spinal bones dipped in silver.
While the collection was far from “street”, it would have played better as a ready to wear presentation. Perhaps, we would have better appreciated the details that went into the garments had Jones included some glimpses of the creative process in his film. Overall, the clothes lacked the drama successful Haute Couture collections deliver now that they have become go-to sources for entertainers such as Lady Gaga to pull from for big public appearances.