Givenchy Couture Spring 2012

You have to admire Riccardo Tisci as a fashion visionary, even if you don’t always understand him.  Taking his themes from some pretty obscure 1920s films and presenting the collection somewhat bizarrely in what appears to be a gym, complete with odd and distracting basketball, the sombre colours were hardly likely to inspire you to freshen your spring wardrobe for next year, even if the white looks were layered over (cashmere) tank tops.  Being couture, and being Tisci, the craftsmanship was extraordinary, with individual crocodile scales apparently having been separated, numbered, worked on and reattached……   And the back views are lovely.  I also didn’t understand what the nose rings and enormous earrings brought to the party; in fact I’m not sure there anything so frivolous as a party to be had.

Source: Style.com