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RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week GUO PEI Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016: Pics + Video

Guo Pei Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016

WHAT: Guo Pei Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016. Guo Pei, the Chinese fashion designer known for her very elaborate and intricate designs showed at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week for the very first time...

Rihanna in Guo Pei Couture at the Met Ball 2015

Guo Pei Couture gold ball gown--Metropolitan Museum of Art's "China: Through the Looking Glass" Exhibition

We all know Pei also from the gold colored sequined and fur Empress Coat Rihanna wore to the Met Ball last year--as well as the China: Through the Looking Glass Exhibition where several of her unbelievable couture designs were featured. Guo Pei was invited to show at this week's Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week (wonder how much that cost?), and her collection highlighted her atelier's incredible workmanship. There were many references to her native land but it was less Guo Pei Grand and more "wearable"...or as wearable as Guo Pei's designs can be. Lots of cocktail dresses and even some pants ensembles and surprisingly, not so many grand museum-worthy gowns. Some of the designs verged on a bit too late 80's/early 90's but overall, this was a nice showing for Pei. It will be interesting if those actual Haute Couture customers (many of them China's new billionaires) will order.

TRENDS: Strapless cocktail dresses; yoke details; flap front details; flared ball skirts.

COLORS: Golden canary yellow, pale blue, dusty rose

Collection Highlights:

Guo Pei Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016

Click below to watch Guo Pei Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016 EDITED Runway Show:

RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week ELIE SAAB Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016: Pics + Video!

Sari Queen: Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016

WHAT: Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016. "A Trip to India"...through the eyes of a turn-of-the-last-century Englishwoman. This is how Lebanese designer Elie Saab described his muse for this most recent Haute Couture collection. There were obvious nods to Edwardian shapes (the high necked lace blouses) as well as India (the draped Sari-like details). The collection looked very "young" and very Valentino-esque. For starters, the accessories like sequined caps and lace-up boots, as well as sport-like leather sandals all screamed "I'm going for a younger very, very, very rich trust-funder debutante". And in addition, the nymph-like shapes, head-crowns and diaphanous dresses were a little too reminiscent of the designs seen from the House of Valentino's Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli. It was all beautiful but seemed a bit too much like someone else's designs.

TRENDS: Plunging necklines; sequined lace mini dresses; flared dresses; lace-up boots; head-crowns; embroidered lace;

COLORS: Silver, gunmetal gray, blush, light lilac, indigo blue.

Collection Highlights:

Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016

Click below to watch Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show:

RUNWAY REPORT.....Milan Fashion Week Spring 2016: Dolce and Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016 Photos + Full Runway Video

Italia Chic: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

What: Dolce & Gabbana Womenswear Spring/Summer 2016. Italian Holiday Fashion Postcard "Italia is Love". Tribute to Italy, its resort cities, holiday and tourist destinations...

Espresso and Alta Moda: Scene backdrop for Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Vogue.com's Sarah Mower stated (of the Dolce & Gabbana
Spring/Summer 2016" collection: "Their
inspiration boards were pasted with printouts of vintage posters advertising
the attractions of Capri, Venice, Rome, and Florence; movie stills of Italian
stars; and pictures of all kinds of handmade, homemade souvenir embroideries.
This summer, the designers have moved on from exploring Sicilian history to
seeing Italy’s glories through the eyes of the foreign tourists who began to
flood into the country after World War II. There, visitors found little shops
selling embroidered circle skirts and sundresses, printed scarves, sandals,
straw hats—things that Italian women had been making at home to cheer
themselves up in times of austerity"

Selfie Time: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Trends: Shift dresses; sequins for day; flower prints; 50's and 60's shapes/silhouettes; caftans; pajamas; lace dressing (of course!); printed dresses, tops, shorts; stripes; boatneck necklines

Colors: Red, lemon yellow, black, gold.

Going Shopping: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Roman Holiday: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Striped Vacation: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

La Dolce Vita: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Limoncello Dressing: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Kaftan Afternoon: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Sicilian Mistress: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Flower Garden: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Baby Doll: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Printed Brunch: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Sorrento Beauty: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Capri Beach: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Roma A-Line: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Italia Postcard Dress Parade: Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2016

Click below to watch Dolce & Gabbana Womenswear Spring/Summer 2016 Runway Show:

RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week VALENTINO Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016: Pics + Video

Nymph Couture: Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016

WHAT: Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016. Valentino designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli used nymphs, Isadora Duncan, expressionist dancing, early 20th century Venetian-pagan romanticism as muses and themes for this very beautiful collection. The collection featured hand-done devore velvet appliques, delicate gold leaf embroidery, silk gauze and many looks reminiscent of a Couture Turandot opera--or a very Haute expressionist dance party!

TRENDS: Loose, off-the-body dresses; caftans; boatnecks, high necks; Nymph Chic;

COLORS: Emerald green, mossy green, tomato red, gray, muted lilac, absinthe yellow, deep burgundy.

Collection Highlights: