Givenchy x Riccardo Tisci x Sang Bleu x A Magazine
Sang Bleu magazine’s Maxime Büchi sat down with Riccardo Tisci directly after his Givenchy menswear show for Fall Winter 2010 in Paris, to discuss his inspirations, passions and his perspective on the media (and in particularly his work for A#8). The result is a candid and personal conversation offering genuine insight into Riccardo’s motives and opinions. Many thanks to Maxime, Riccardo, and the team at Givenchy for their support.
Riccardo Tisci showcased the most spectacular and luxurious of Givenchy’s yearly offerings last night, with the Haute Couture Spring Summer 2010 show at the Salon Impérial of The Westin hotel in Paris’s 1st district. With a hushed crowd of press, guests, customers and family and friends of Riccardo, the production was a contemporary vision of the rich history of couture at the house of Givenchy, and a glimpse into the highest echelons of the international fashion market.
In a true whirlwind of vibrant colour and opulent textures, Riccardo sent out twenty three looks in a slow and steady procession, a single walk for each girl through the two chambers and a final group walk to thunderous applause. The collection took cues from the decadence of 1970s disco culture, while maintaining many of the baroque references that have become signature to his aesthetic. Luigi Murenu gave the girls straight and middle parted hair, and Pat McGrath created an intensely hued eyelid of navy glitter shadow with a vermillion lip.
A tightly sculpted trouser suit opened the show paired with frothy ostrich and vulture feathers beneath, and was followed by a procession of sheer layered looks in duchess satin, hand pleated organza, stiff silk gazar or soft lace. Progressing through an elegant palette of nude, black and navy, these first looks rung true to Riccardo’s pedigree – albeit breaking new ground for the lavish embellishment in jet, crystal, and feathers. It was however the final seven looks that stole the show.
As soon as Hanne Gaby Odiele strode out with hands in pockets of a flared jumpsuit entirely covered in blue and black geometric sequins, the following minutes flew past in a kaleidoscope of sapphire, emerald and amethyst shades. Closing the show in a degradé fuschia gown with beige crystal bustier was supermodel Natalia Vodianova, in absence of Riccardo’s muse and close friend Mariacarla Boscono [performing in Rome].
Although a pointed departure from the gothic, bedouin inspired collection of last season, Riccardo has maintained the key codes, techniques and metaphors of his aesthetic – reinterpreted with his emotions of the season, optimism for the times, and a mastery of colour, light, shade and grandeur.
YIPPEE ROUND THREE. Our friends from FASHEMATICS.com have done it again, this time on a look from Givenchy Haute Couture FW09 exclusively for A MAGAZINE curated by Riccardo Tisci!
What do you get when you cross:
A blue swimmer crab [Riccardo's favourite?? Or just an ode to his amazonian femme armour??]
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A spiral galaxy [Is this where genius designers come from??]
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Riccardo’s cosmic magic reveals…..
Kasia Struss in shimmering black Givenchy Haute Couture FW09!
The amazing laced leather trousers of Riccardo Tisci’s collection for Givenchy Fall Winter 2009 are one of his most talked about pieces of the season. Here we see them in a whole new light, in a new editorial shoot by London-based photographer Leon Mark, and styled by Naomi Miller.
