The best of Haute Couture AW15 in GIFs

CHANEL

Casino Royale – Monte Carlo gambling room, Monte Carlo opera house, roulette table, Princess Grace of Monaco at masked ball in Venice, studded leather club chair, green velvet lounge sofa, Hydrangea bouquet centerpiece.

DIOR

Ethereal medieval beauty wandering the moors – “Ophelia” by John Everett Millais, Druids, “Winter 1882” by Francesc Masriera, English garden, “Willows on the Banks of the Orvanne” by Alfred Sisley, Stanton Moors, Medieval chemise.

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER

Breton thread – “Untitled” by Louise Bourgeois, Guéméné-sur-scorff traditional dress, Breton embroidery, seaside storm, embroidery sampler, sea tortoise illustration.

MAISON MARGIELA

Chameleon magpie – tapestry repair, needlepoint backside, Photoshop broken mirror effect, Kabuki Noh theatre, “Breakthrough II” by Robert Rauschenberg, chameleon face.

VERSACE

Strength in softness – maidenhair fern, pansies, dyed roses, Artemis (Diana) goddess art picture, flower fairies, Jade from Mortal Kombat.

VIKTOR & ROLF

Wearable art / Action dressing – stretching canvas, “Surrealist Frame” by Peter Coffin, painters blotting cloth, Dutch still life, gold picture moulding, sweet embroidered denim shirt, “Venus and Adonis” by Ferdinand Bol.

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