RICCARDO TISCI'S FIRST HAUTE COUTURE COLLECTION
07.07.2005
RETURNING TO THE FOUNDATIONS WHICH MADE THE HOUSE A NAME RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, GIVENCHY PRESENTS ITS HAUTE COUTURE COLLECTION FOR FALL WINTER 2005 AT ITS HEART ON AVENUE GEORGE V.
AFTER DELVING DEEP INTO THE RICH AND DETAILED GIVENCHY ARCHIVES, RICCARDO TISCI REFOUND THE CODES OF THE HOUSE. WHAT HE FOUND THERE LED HIM TO REALISE HE SHARED CERTAIN ATTRACTIONS. LIKE M. DE GIVENCHY HE LOVES BLACK, LEATHER AND MATTE, JUST BRIGHTENED WITH A CERTAIN DISTINCTIVE ELEMENT. HIS IMMENSE RESPECT FOR THE GIVENCHY HISTORY LED HIM TO REWORK THESE CODES FOR A MODERN WOMAN WITH A NEW IRONIC APPROACH TO COUTURE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SEPARATES.
THE JEAN COCTEAU FILM, ‘LA BELLE ET LA BÈTE’ ALSO PARTOOK IN TISCI’S INSPIRATION. ALTHOUGH THE COLLECTION IS TYPICAL GIVENCHY MATTE BLACK THERE ARE DRAMATIC DETAILS VIA THE USE OF COLOR, EXOTIC FEATHERS AND SKINS, AND TARNISHED STONES AND METALS