Schneewittchen im Schwarzwald
Fashion fairy tales require fantasy - Haute Couture
January 25, 2021
So wie es in den Wald hineinruft…
Maike: Black, burgundy, fuchsia and coral dress embroidered for a tweed effect, embellished with feathers, chiffon, strass, braid and jewelled buttons and pink and black pumps in leather and grosgrain CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE FW 2020/21. Feli: Grey, white and gold jacket and skirt in tweed embroidered with beads and strass embellished with braid and black pumps in leather and grosgrain CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE FW 2020/21.
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
Certainly, Maike Inga and Feli Rasztar in Chanel Haute Couture. But we know. Beauty does not only give answers, it better asks questions. Just like Haute Couture. Is the craft still relevant? Is it not too decadent? How heavy may the signature of the past weigh in the designs? How much of the future may be seen? In a craft that is always deeply divided between the past and the future, the current Chanel Haute Couture collection wanders these boundaries. The lightness of the fabrics and cuts stand for an emancipative image of women that relieves them of the burden of certain roles – often expressed through fashion. It is precisely this look into the future that our photographer Julia von der Heide chooses, depicting an image of women that stands for the tomorrow. And now that Demna Gvasalia has pronounced Haute Couture as the only credible means to bring fashion forward, the 20’s may see a golden age of it.
Couture and the woods
Natural beauty
Feli: Long dress in plum radzimir embellished with a jewelled cross embroidered with strass, small beads and resin and ink-coloured cape in organza embellished with a gold chain braid CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE FW 2020/21. Maike: Black, fuchsia pink and silver dress in ennobled lace CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE FW 2020/21.
Long white and silver dress in ennobled lace with asymmetric strap, waist ruffle and beautifully crafted mermaid like pattern CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE FW 2020/21.
Dashing through the forest with a black jacket with officer collar in tweed embellished with braid and jewelled buttons, long black skirt in duchess satin and pearl grey and black pumps in leather and grosgrain CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE FW 2020/21.
“Those be rubies, fairy favours, in those freckles live their savours…” — Shakespeare
