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RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week: Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014, Pics + Runway Video

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Oscars...Here We Come! Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

The Look: The Oscars. Red Carpet. Gorgeous, perfectly made dresses for UBER wealthy Gulf States, Chinese, Indian clients...oh, and the Red Carpet Fab actresses can borrow them as well. The gowns are hand-made, cost over $100,000 (if you can order them to buy) and well worth every penny! In this Haute Couture collection, Lebanese designer SCHOOLED every other designer on How To Make Red Carpet Evening Gowns.

The collection was inspired by 19th Dutch artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema painted scenes (above) from the Roman Empire. His subjects always seemed to be reclining amid marble statuary with the Mediterranean Sea shimmering in the background. It was Perfection.

Colors: Salmon pinks, chartreuse, gold, bubblegum red, ivory, lilac, soft violet, hydrangea blue.

Trends: Fuller dresses; A-line; Ball gowns; Chartreuse-gold color; Waist cinching; Hand-pleated "Grecian Goddess" gowns; Nude applique; the peplum is here to stay; geometric necklines; gathered full backs, the new "Watteau".

Collection Highlights:

Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

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RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week: CHANEL Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014, Pics + Runway Video

Karl Lagerfeld takes His Bow---with his godson and model Cara Delevingne (left) and a look from Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

The Look: Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014 took place in a set that Karl Lagerfeld said was "an ice palace, a nightclub on another planet". His "ice princess" were crystallized, athletic and corseted. The corseted midriff was the core of almost every silhouette of this collection. Cropped bolero jackets went on top while fuller dirndl skirts finished the suiting look. There was a definite "athletic"/sportif theme (Hello Olympics!)--with elbow and knee pads as well as fanny packs. Every model wore a couture sneaker from Massaro. The cost of those said sneakers, around $6000. Couture Sportif.

Colors: Ivory, pink, mint green, creme, metallics, silver, golden hues, nudes, pastels.

Couture Fanny Pack and Sneakers--Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

Trends: Boxy suiting; sack dresses; 1920s gowns; cropped jackets; full dirndl skirts; Couture sneakers; Accessory Must-Have: Fanny packs; Focus on the corseted midriff; drop waist silhouettes.

Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

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RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week: Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014, Pics + Runway Video

Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture Spring 2014

The Look: Sex, Sex, Sex! Robert Palmer Girls for 2014. Alexandre Vauthier is known for sexy, hot dresses and gowns. His girl is not shy, loves showing LOTS of skin--whether she's plunging up there or slit-a-licious down there. For this collection, there was a juxtaposition between sculptural/architectural beauties (enveloped in tiered volants) and the same girl doing a "walk of shame" at 3AM in a see-thru jumpsuit and stacks upon stacks of chained necklaces. Just a normal night for Vauthier.

Colors: Navy, black, leopard print, chartreuse, gold, wine red

Trends: Sculptural dresses; Volants/tiered ruffles; "new" peplums; fringe; Chartreuse Goddesses;