Balenciaga
Stark, crisp cottons in couture shapes
that buckled high around the neck.
The cocooning shape.
Pied de coq / Houndstooth check coats
made from plastic-y faux leather.
Wet-looking, plasticized textures.
One-shoulder toga dresses
re-worked from Balenciaga in the 1960s.
Hand-painted lace — pink with blue, purple and orange.
Metal-tipped collars.
Men’s shirts worn loose, tucked in one side.
Multi-zippered vest in pastel-toned snakeskin.
Breastplates worn under light chiffon shirts.
Hard-core grommet belts slung around the hips.
Classic men’s creeper with studded soles.
Ski boot-inspired in electric blue metallic leather.
Balmain
by Christophe Decarnin
Skintight lamé pants rolled-up above the ankle.
Blood-red dye.
Safety pins and studs enriched pelmet skirts & hot-pants.
Torn fishnets.
Tattered stars-and-stripes tanks & frayed micro-shorts.
Padlock on a chain.
Studded and safety-pinned leather jackets.
Candy stripes over prints on bleached-out jeans.
Pinned leather bustier top paired with ripped jeans.
Leather biker jackets covered with safety pins and crystals.
Rick Owens
Cutaway jackets & vests in paper-thin leather
topped high-waisted full cotton skirts.
Sleeveless cape in silk cotton canvas
with a face-framing collar.
Cut-away halterneck top in moss green.
A new shape of leather jacket
Frock tail at the back and mid crop at the front.
Short dresses with plain bodices over folded gazar skirts.
Loose Grecian pleats and a yoked neckline.
Hair combs of bone.
Ruffled tulle at the ankle or shin straps tied with bows.