Givenchy

“If couture is intended to dazzle the eye, then Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci did just that with 10 exquisite looks focused on leather and fur. … The collection was inspired by the Roma — modern-day gypsies who have been rebuffed and persecuted, particularly in Italy, where Tisci grew up. He was ostensibly drawn to the aesthetic of their nomadic lives, rather than the politics of their right to simply be. But the clothes exude a confidence and dignity that is more eloquent than any political treatise.” —Robin Givhan, The Daily Beast

“Beyond It factor, which he has in spades, technique is the thing at Tisci’s Givenchy. The black nappa fringe on a dress boasting intricate leather embroidery extended all the way to the ground, and a halter-neck gown came with a built-in cape that was obsessively embroidered with sequins not on its outside but on its inside.” —Tim Blanks, Style.com

Buzz Words:
dazzling, leather covered crystals delicately embroidered onto fragile lace, dense with workmanship, elegant and intriguing, opulence, severe, sculptural shapes, witchy effect, long and enveloping, the haute and the street, confidence and dignity, strength, gypsy-infusion, eccentric, master class in craftsmanship, superbly crafted, sculptural drama, sci-fi modern