Christian Dior Couture Spring 2011

Almost every garment in this collection has a sheer overlay, which is a look I really like. Beautiful embroidery and embellishment is classic Dior, of course.

This is the first of a couple of 'back-to-front' effect jackets, which I'm liking a lot. This has a lot of volume in the front, but the back, which you can see at the side, in the second photo, is the real treat.



This is my favorite 'backward' jacket, and again, you can see the back in the second photo. I could see this shape in a much more casual, and cold-weather look with pants and a turtleneck underneath the jacket.


The beautiful cutaway coatdress is nothing to sneeze at either. I love the play of overlay and no overlay.

One more volume jacket, and the asymmetry of the pattern on the fabric and the overlay is quite fetching. The back is on the next photo as well as a lovely dress.


This angled volume is wonderful. I love the top with the volume and sheer overlay emphasized on the right, and the skirt with the volume, overlay and embroidery on the left. Too perfect.


How sophisticated is this? The embroidery once again enhances the design rather than just being a beautiful addition. I am just so impressed with the way every single element of this design adds to the complete package. There's not a false note anywhere.

Christian Dior Couture Fall 2009

A very pretty portrait neckline with embellishments shown below.




A beautifully draped jacket.



This is a bubble skirt I really like. There are several in this collection, and they seem much more integrated into the whole than most skirts of this style do.



Great use of stripes.



A very pretty way of widening the shoulder. The detail below shows the interesting folds.




A very unusual jacket shape, with exposed darts on the collar.



Another multi-layer jacket with dotted tulle overlay on the inner layer.



A pretty asymmetric neckline.



An unusual bodice with almost a trompe l'oeil effect, and another cute bubble skirt.



Another beautiful bodice on this dress.



Isn't this skirt the most fun?

Armani Privé Spring 2009 Couture

Beautiful in a pique weave print.



Another lovely belted suit with a great buckle.

Another thing I'm noticing about these suits is that they're using the princess seam/bust dart combination so often seen in Marfy patterns.



Beautifully cut jacket with great button/loop detail. I love the contrast lining.



A departure from the rest of the jackets, and very nice.



Great pockets.


An interesting lace top.



A nice boxy jacket with contrast collar and lapels, and interesting sleeves.



Dimensional lace embellishment.



Interesting treatment of a print. Detail below.

Anne Valérie Hash Spring 2009 Couture

I like the double front on this blouse. Detail below.




Interesting seaming and ruching, which you can see better below.




Small lace panels with intricate seaming.

Stéphane Rolland Spring 2009 Couture

Wonderful horizontal pleating.



Little Black Dress group.



More pleats and a dropped waist.



Interesting blend of very sheer and mens-wear influence.



An unusual lapel treatment.



Lovely draping and nice embellishment.



Unusual embellishment, but very effective.



Very dramatic.

Chanel Spring 2009 Couture

Beautiful braided trim, paper floral decoration, and look at the square shoulders throughout.



Pleated sheer sleeve godets.



Nice proportions with a cap-sleeve jacket.



Lots of horizontals and a nice matelasse.


A lovely spring costume.



Amazingly intricate fabric. It looks like it's constructed with ribbons, trims and embroidery.



Sequins and feathers.



Wonderful stripe manipulation, and the stripes are formed with bugle beads.



Glass-paper embroidery.



Very interesting cut and I love the pockets, below.




A very interesting skirt, but I'm not sure how flattering it is.