Balmain - Balmain is here to make a statement on environmentalism amidst a gorgeous collection. When faced with the longstanding proposition that fashion is as unsustainable as it is terribly transitory, Olivier Rousteing introduces a shift to the eventual trickle down in the industry’s behemoth of a supply chain.Photo by Daniele Oberrauch via Gorunway.com
- In a stunning array of couture, menswear and ready-to-wear looks made out of paper, banana and even wicker, Balmain’s attempt at broadcasting a down-to-earth message during a show-in-the-clouds is as tasteful as it is artistic.Daniele Oberrauch via Gorunway.com Photo Credit: Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde
Chanel - Virginie Viard’s Chanel showcase is an expert retrospective on who Chanel was and a glimpse into the future that the fashion house may promise itself to become. With a variety of body types walking down the runway, Viard highlights female beauty and the brand’s desire to uplift and embrace it.Photo by Isidore Montag via Gorunway.com
- In stunning archetypal black ensembles, and the occasional hints of color, paired with crystal-studded accessories, the Chanel woman of today is any woman willing to exude opulence, confidence in glamour. Be it in a suit, a coat dress, a cardigan or shorts. Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde
Dior - Maria Grazia Chiuri is no stranger to the integration of a deep-cut narrative into a stunning collection of reimagined beauty. At Dior, the Italian creative director highlights the dialogue that fashion and power have engaged in since the early days of the former’s rise to vanity. Italian noblewoman turned French queen Catherine de Medic is the collection’s central muse.Photo by Filippo Fior via Gorunway.com
- Perfect for royalty, the collection’s neutral nuances and intricacies don’t stray away from the timeless New Look that Monsieur Dior himself would have been proud of. The culmination of past and present to commemorate the future with technological innovation is breathtaking.Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde
Hermès - Not just the concept of an escape became the inspiration for Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski, rather the concrete phenomenon of people going out to explore the world especially after years of lockdowns and staring at the same four walls. The Hermès SS23 show is a scene for camping, or rather glamping.Photo by Isidore Montag via Gorunway.com
- The utilitarian design of the collection offers its escape through desert colors that are a sharp contrast to the urban existence we choose to engage with. The long-distance travel calls for heavy duty gear that Hermès is more than willing to put an opulent spin on. Enter leather jackets, strappy garments and the all-rounder jumpsuits.Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde
Loewe - JW Anderson is a master of pushing fashion’s frontier further by asking relevant questions to society while expertly pairing these introspections with subversive creativity. See, Loewe’s SS23 runway, where Anderson begs the question of fashion and its function on the woman: is bigger, better? Or a manufactured hindrance to growth?Photo by Daniele Oberrauch via Gorunway.com
- A break in the illusion of feminine-defined patterns, Anderson knows what he’s doing despite the campiness of fiberglass flowers and pixelated tops down the runway. Loewe’s display is eclectic as it is self-aware, and we can’t wait to see what boundaries the brand pushes next, or how Anderson will continue to up the ante.Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde
Louis Vuitton - In a surrealist attempt at scaling up the mundane to appear larger than life, Louis Vuitton sends an even bigger message than just taking up space. Nicolas Ghesquière recalls about his disruption of feminine expectations, “The idea was to look at something pretty, something sweet, and to see in those elements what strength they have.”Photo from Isidore Montag via Gorunway.com
- In partnership with French artist Philippe Parreno—who created the show’s art installation of a set—the hyperbolic necklines, three-dimensional textures and crystal-studded pieces were also a way for the two longtime friends to break some personal boundaries and go back to their childish beginnings.Courtesy of Louis Vuitton
Off-White - In an homage to the fashion movement that is Off-White that Virgil Abloh had started, newly appointed Image and Art Director Ibrahim Kamara chooses to continue Abloh’s initial prospect of expanding on the human body, “Virgil was always thinking ahead. He was almost in another universe.”Photo by Daniele Oberrauch via Gorunway.com
- The quintessential “work-in-progress” detail that Off-White does so effortlessly is manifested through expert tailoring and slashing of constructed elements. With holes used to expose the navel and stitching used as a contour map of muscles and organs beneath the suiting, the message is clear: clothes are but an imprint of the body beneath.Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde
Rick Owens - One thing Rick Owens wishes to peddle with his SS23 show is to maneuver away from the traditional idea of travel through the monotony of an airport. With lockdown bans lifted and the desire to jet-set across the world bunching at everyone’s feet, the air of privilege and aspiration it draws makes Owens look askance at such a plain proposal.Photo by Salvatore Dragone via Gorunway.com
- Instead, he provides his personal take of escape and seeing the world, through his “Edfu” collection for SS23 inspired by Egypt. The eponymous label has been known for expert drapery, zip front bombers and exaggerated sleeves, but who could deny such details when done so expertly? This neutral refresher on the abstract idea of jet-setting is one we’re willing to empathize with, but only if Rick Owens is the captain.Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde
Valentino - If you were nowhere to be seen on the internet for the past year, Valentino gave the world a splash of color introducing the crazed Hot Pink trend. But if there’s anything this collection wishes to say it’s that we’re going back to the basics. Amidst a world saturated with color, the deep and dark hues of Valentino’s SS23 runway are a breath of fresh air.Courtesy of Valentino
- Pierpaolo Piccioli sure knows how to make a statement, and a very visual one at that. The iconic V logo of the fashion house was stamped everywhere you could find, but with such stunning pieces only a fool would be ashamed to affix their signature. Who else is ready to embrace the fashion house’s notion of minimalism this upcoming season? We know we are!Courtesy of Valentino
Saint Laurent - If there’s one thing that Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello has established at Saint Laurent, it’s the brand’s physicality and celebration of confidence, strength and glory. The muted colors of the brand are welcomed with the rich suave leanness emphasizing the attitude that comes with dressing to the nines.Photo by Filippo Fior via Gorunway.com
- The columnar appeal of Saint Laurent feels anything but constricting as its expert tailoring speaks volumes of its sophistication. Vaccarello empowers the modern wearer of Saint Laurent with polished looks from head-to-toe that are potently powerful and debonair.Courtesy of Yves Saint Laur
