{"id":4786,"date":"2010-02-07T02:56:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T01:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=4786"},"modified":"2010-02-07T02:56:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T01:56:29","slug":"haute-couture-spring-summer-2010-collections-bk-blog-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-weeks-trends\/haute-couture-spring-summer-2010-collections-bk-blog-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2010 &#8211; BK blog fashion report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Best Of and the Worst Of&#8230; My Picks<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/opening-haute-couture-ss-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"opening-haute-couture-ss-2010\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/opening-haute-couture-ss-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Looks \u2013 <\/em><em>St\u00e9phane Rolland, <\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Chanel, Armani Priv\u00e9<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">21 collections were presented to the press:<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\">from <strong>10 Official Members<\/strong> (Adeline Andr\u00e9, Anne Val\u00e9rie Hash, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dominique Sirop, Franck Sorbier, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maurizio Galante, St\u00e9phane Rolland missing Christian Lacroix this season)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\">from <strong>4 Correspondents Members<\/strong> (Head Quarters based somewhere else than Paris: Elie Saab, Giorgio Armani, Maison Martin Margiela, Valentino)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\">from <strong>7 Guest Members<\/strong> (Adam Jones, Alexis Mabille, Atelier Gustavo Lins, Christophe Josse, Josephus Thimister, Lefrant.Ferrant, Maison Rabih Kayrouz, missing Alexandre Matthieu, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Jean-Paul Knott, Josep Font, Marc Le Bihan this season)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\nSpring-Summer collections are generally less interesting in terms of creativity because of the nature of the season there is less layering to play with and less choice of materials.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">The economic malaise resulting in a less than flamboyant, more conservative and less risqu\u00e9 collections:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">Josephus Thimister inspired by the First World War and Anne Val\u00e9rie Hash who created a hybrid mix of vintage clothing offered by celebrities and her own materials, stated &#8220;I had this idea to do something about personal clothing, memory, and identity, so I started writing to people I admire and asking them to send me something of theirs to transform&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\nThe resulting depopulation of the designers who used to be present for the Haute Couture shows, has affected the competitive spirit. The older generation has all but nearly disappeared with the likes of Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino, YSL. The new wave of Designers have yet to reach the talent and the notoriety of their peers.\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\nMany presented scant limited looks collections: with only 22 at Givenchy, 14 at Anne Val\u00e9rie Hash, 11 at Martin Margiela, 34 at Dior. Others like Elie Saab played with only 2 to 3 different patterns and cuts for their complete collection, with only slight variation in prints and embroideries.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\nFor the Spring-Summer 2010, I am under the impression that Designers were not as committed to their Couture Collection. Perhaps they have reached their creative point of saturation, as wearing too many hats often dilutes what a single hat could have accomplished.\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\nI really missed Yves Saint Laurent, Emanuel Ungaro, Christian Lacroix this season and Valentino Garavani!<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\nThere were some excellent shows though with wonderfully refined cuts and details from: Givenchy and Dior for their daywear collection as well as Armani Priv\u00e9 and the St\u00e9phane Rolland collection featured below.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">I can&#8217;t wait to see the pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter commencing next week in New York to see what the fall-winter 2011 season will bring&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Back to the drawing board!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">My best for this season<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5064\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-1024x326.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Looks &#8211; Givenchy, Armani Priv\u00e9, St\u00e9phane Rolland, Chanel, St\u00e9phane Rolland<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5059\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes1-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-best-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes1-1024x531.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Shoes &#8211; Dior, Dior, Givenchy<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/armani-chanel-dior-beauty-tips-ss-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5049\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/armani-chanel-dior-beauty-tips-ss-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/armani-chanel-dior-beauty-tips-ss-2010.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/armani-chanel-dior-beauty-tips-ss-2010-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/armani-chanel-dior-beauty-tips-ss-2010-768x352.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Beauty looks &#8211; Armani, Chanel and Dior<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"ltr\">My worst for this season<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5028 \" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1329\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010-1024x326.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1329px) 100vw, 1329px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Looks &#8211; Maison Martin Margiela, Zuhair Murad, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Anne Val\u00e9rie Hash, Chanel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5060\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/the-worst-of-couture-ss-2010-shoes-768x406.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Shoes &#8211; Chanel, Gaultier Paris, Chanel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/givenchy-gaultier-givenchy-beauty-tips.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5060\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/givenchy-gaultier-givenchy-beauty-tips.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Beauty looks &#8211; Givenchy, Gaultier Paris, Givenchy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\">My favourite pick from the Spring-Summer Couture 2010 Collections<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Stephane Rolland\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanerolland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">St\u00e9phane Rolland<\/a> has put together a complete collection to wear for all occasions: from daywear, to cocktail, to red carpet gowns. He has come out with fluid, fitted and nicely proportioned silhouettes with overlapping blade like laser-cut Plexiglass keystone patterns framing the shoulder-line, pockets, hem and neckline. It is as if he accessorized much of his collection with finely cut, wafer sized sheets of opaque quartz crystal and used these varieties of shapes and sizes to frame and enhance the femininity of them. He also playfully used high gloss painted patterns to give a canvas like worthiness to his &#8220;Art Pieces&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A nice mix that shows that Couture can rhyme with modernity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Rolland-HC-SS-2010-details.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5036 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Rolland-HC-SS-2010-details.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Rolland-HC-SS-2010-details.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Rolland-HC-SS-2010-details-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Rolland-HC-SS-2010-details-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Rolland-HC-SS-2010-details-1024x516.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Details from St\u00e9phane Rolland Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2010<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<address><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Photos credits: Monica Feudi@gorunaway, Reuters,<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Best Of and the Worst Of&#8230; My Picks Looks \u2013 St\u00e9phane Rolland, Chanel, Armani Priv\u00e9 21 collections were presented to the press: from 10 Official Members (Adeline Andr\u00e9, Anne Val\u00e9rie Hash, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dominique Sirop, Franck Sorbier, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maurizio Galante, St\u00e9phane Rolland missing Christian Lacroix this season) from 4 Correspondents Members (Head Quarters based somewhere else than Paris: Elie Saab, Giorgio Armani, Maison Martin Margiela, Valentino) from 7 Guest Members (Adam Jones, Alexis Mabille, Atelier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[26],"tags":[783,520,135,70,78,368,12,96,124,180,236,24],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/opening-haute-couture-ss-2010-e1283292348758.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-1fc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29957,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/benjamin-kanarek-work\/model-chrystal-copland-dark-couture-photographer-benjamin-kanarek-elle-vietnam-september-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":4786,"position":0},"title":"Chrystal Copland in &quot;Dark Couture&quot; 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