AltaRomAltaModa ERKAN CORUH

Erkan Coruh imagines a modern warrior on the catwalk. Manes on jackets, skirts, bags and shoes very similar to Frankie Morello's shoes...oh please!

High waist pants and jackets cut to the armhole are so interesting. Lines remind Jean Paul Gaultier's creations. Erkan Coruh proposes a mix of radical and traditional beauty.

AltaRomAltaModa FAUSTO SARLI

A moved MariaCarla Boscono opened and closed the Fausto Sarli Haute Couture's show, paying homage to the immense talent of the Couturier. 

The collection is inspired by the Mediterranean coasts where landscapes, lights, vegetation and colors melt. White marmoreal dresses with neo classic ornaments. Not only white on the catwalk, but also a beautiful deep blue and emerald green. Some doubt about sculpture dresses with corals.

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Haute Couture Fashion Shows in Paris ended. Today, January 28, and for 5 days, Rome is the seat of Haute Couture. The AltaRomAltaModa's schedule is full of shows, historical names and new talents, but also events, encounters, presentations, exhibitions, parties and happenings.

Here are some scheduled events:

- AI, Artisanl Intelligence, presentation of the first AltaRoma's magazine which speaks of craftsmanship and Made in Italy.

- Fashion on Paper, Festival dedicated to publishing fashion, where fashion is a meeting place of music, art and design.

- Limited/Unlimited, exhibition of 42 new talents' limited edition collections.

- La moda è un romanzo, Stile ed eleganza nei capolavori della letteratura. Presentation of Fabiana Giacomotti's essay.

- (es)* ARTISANAL by Fabrizio Talia, the guest designer of AltaRoma will present a collection that pays tribute to high craftsmanship. The mood of his searching work is embodied in a video that glorifies chaos and the Nietzsche's thought: "one have must chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star".

For the whole schedule of AltaRoma http://www.altaroma.it/

VALENTINO Haute Couture S/S 2011

The Valentino's Haute Couture collection designed by Pier Paolo Piccioli e Maria Grazia Chiuri is very romantic and youthful. Willowy long gowns and shorter flirty dress in nude and pastel colors, some pink floral print, and only two outfits in "rosso Valentino". It's a collection made only with slightly over the knee or long full skirts, no pants for Valentino's Couture woman. Dresses seem to be extremely untouchable by using fabrics such as lace, crepe, mousseline, organza, tulle and gazar.

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Haute Couture S/S 2011

The Gaultier's Haute Couture collection is a encounter between Parisian seduction of Cancan and London punk rebellion. On the catwalk all iconic garments of the Gaultier fashion house reinterpreted to be contemporary and rock. Silhouette is slim and tapered with the exception for hourglass dresses slightly flared at the bottom. The black sheath dress is worn with the mini-perfecto embroidered with crystals, the classic pinstripe suit becomes contemporary thanks to super-slim leggings and the trench is transformed into a one shoulder robe manteau. Multi-color punk headgears are gorgeous.

Emmanuelle Alt's First Interview as Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Paris

It's the first interview of Emmanuelle Alt, the new Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Paris. She spoke to Hilary Alexander after the Chanel Haute Couture collection, and she said:

"French Vogue today is a successful magazine and it has a strong identity, so it will probably stay along the same line. But, I mean, some things will change of course, because we have a different eye ... It will be the same, but different."

Her first cover will feature Gisele.

GIVENCHY Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2011

Riccardo Tisci chose Japan as a source of inspiration for Givenchy Haute Couture. The fashion designer has mixed the beauty of the dancer Kazuo-Ohno, and exaltation of Mazinger. Tisci chose the crane (very elegant and feminine bird) as the symbol of Asian culture, and he designed a gorgeous and techno-romantic collection of 10 dresses. Accessories are exaggerated: manga-headpieces by Philip Treacy and metallic leather sandals with platform and high heels.

The clothes are fragile and delicate on the front, but when viewed from behind they seem technology and almost robotic, thanks to fluo touch.

CHANEL Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2011

A lot of black and white, but also pastel colours for a rock-romantic Couture Chanel collection. Karl Lagerfeld has reinterpreted historical pieces of French fashion house; he has modernized and enlightened, with small crystals, the tweed suit worn over denim or sequin leggings. Silhouette is slim without forcing the body, everything is very light and fluid thanks to ultra-flat shoes: the only accessories on the catwalk along with black satin ras-de-cou.

Prada's Spring 2011 Eyewear illustrations

For the eyewear's collection "Minimal baroque" and to underscore the uniqueness and creativity of these accessories, Prada chose the work of three illustrators, : Ivo Bisignano, Marcela Gutierrez and Andrea Tarella.