CEBU, Philippines - The textured fabric, made of tiny 3-D creases, owed its bounce to steam that was blasted onto pre-woven creased fabric in the clothes' production, producing infinite little tectonic mountains.
The colors cyan, magenta and yellow produced an interesting color palette across horizontal triptych silhouettes of shawl, top and skirt.
The suspension reached its climax at a series of Origami-like silhouettes in blue that ruffled kinetically in blues, purples, reds and ochres across pants, knee-length coats and dresses.
Givenchy Opens Flagship Store in Paris' Marais
Givenchy is opening a flagship menswear store this week in the trendy Marais district of Paris that the 40-year-old couturier Riccardo Tisci personally conceived.
The slick 5,000-square-foot area, which spans two floors, is a sign of the brand's new buoyancy after the Italian-born designer took over the Parisian house in 2005. He revitalized its look with his gothic and sports styles, especially in menswear from 2009, which now accounts for 50 percent of Givenchy's revenues.
A resident in the Marais, the area is close to Tisci's heart. As a historic home to Jews, foreigners, gays and artists, it was also an appropriate place for the house's eclectic cultural fusion.
Chloe
Eighteen-year-old singer Lorde led the VIP pack at Chloe, inside the Grand Palais, where Paris' spring sun beamed through the venue's glass ceiling.
It was a beautiful touch that nicely set off the collection designed by Clare Waight Keller.
It was on-trend menswear and boho looks in vogue this season, with, for the most part, long-line loose flowing silhouettes.
A militaristic long pea coat with huge lapels and gold buttons set the show going, fusing into a sumptuous Sherlock Holmes-style cape coat in gray, a double-breasted peaked jacket in gray check wool, or a scooped boyish waistcoat.
The bohemian looks include a long diaphanous silk crepe dress in purple, twinned with a long thin black neck scarf. It was a safe collection with very eclectic proportions. (FREEMAN)