Alexander McQueen
A trad McQueen piece – the tailcoat.
Raw-edged silk and slashed shoulders.
A silk-satin tailcoat with white lapels and cuffs.
A bib-front shirt and gold military frogging embroidery.
McQueen bumster pants made from leather leaves.
Embroidered silk dress with slit sleeves.
Off-the-shoulder chiffon dress in yellow-iris print.
The Monarch butterfly dress.
Billowing sleeves.
Hand-painted feather butterflies.
Shadow-dyed chiffon gown.
A gown smothered in palest lavender feathers.
A breastplate of gilded cornstalks.
Tablecloth embroidery with 3-D crocheted flowers.
Gold and black, square-toed, hobnail boots.
Giambattista Valli
Influenced by the ’60s, with mini-shifts,
color blocking and silver accents.
The marbled floors at Versailles inspired the Vichy check.
Collage leopard, lamé, and hot orange into mini-shifts.
White shirts popped up as bodices.
The giant flowers were cut from
the cotton poplin of a man’s shirt.
The Petit Trianon inspired the Baroque stucco prints.
Gowns in bulbous shapes.
Silver collars Metallic pockets Centurion-style sandals
