When the fashion frenzy is almost forgotten, it is always good to look back. Going through the Paris photos, I found Guy Laroche’s “Black marble” as see backstage.
And even with hindsight courtesy of the month that had passed, it is once again so obvious that rhis collection is a homage to Guy Laroche.
Laroche, the marble, as much a play on words, as an aesthetic gesture. Cutting and carving, a vocabulary adopted in Couture.
The stone itself, conjured by trompe-l’oeil on double-faced crêpe, flowing through draped jersey, or intimated on diaphanous chiffon, with gleaming veins chased in rhinestone embroidery.
Neoprene beveled to a sharp edge and seamlessly joined. Sculptural bags as if carved from polished marble. Legs enveloped in marbled viscose knit, seemingly petrified.
Lapidary eye shields mounted on a black lacquer frame, like portholes onto the unseen.
Born to a family of corporate gypsies, Sara Conde is a California native but spent her growing up years in different parts of the U.S. Like her parents who move where their jobs take them, Sara goes where fashion takes her. She currently spends her time between Paris, Milan and New York. You can contact Sara at sara.conde@fashionwindows.net
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