Reunion with Aphrodite

Draping, pleats and folds of Venetian inspiration in the new season.
The long, steamy Greco-Roman-inspired gowns are, without doubt, a classic red carpet events. We are not surprised to see Angelina Jolie, Sienna Miller or Megan Fox with goddess dresses inspired by ancient Greece. Moreover, the rise of the ridge coincides with a summer marked by the omnipresence of the influential designer Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975). The museum of Les Arts Decoratifs in Paris plays host to an exhibition now that the large contribution of the French fashion designer who now carry. Highly recommended, yes.

But art transcends the fold this season to the next series of garments that have nothing to do with cokctail long dresses, which will use only rarely. For example, the proposed new Balenciaga care is based on silk drapery key miniskirts applied to cake-shaped shell and pants Johdpur Santiago. This is a 360 degree turn for a designer who has focused on the futuristic elements during the past collections. The design duo Viktor & Rolf also joined this trend, combining pasty white with earthy tones and architectural drapery. The result is disturbing and radically different doses of glitter and metallic dress eighties style we've seen in other designers.

Ann Demeulemeester jacket commitment pattern models seemingly carefree, Valentino applies its extensive knowledge of this technique to cherry leather handbags with roses as a flower and uses Christian Dior yellow brocade dress in tight wrap.

Doo.Ri, Yigal Azrouel, Oscar de la Renta ... we show you the new codes in a style that will accompany you throughout the winter.

Draping, folds and Greco-Roman style complex networks reappear in the new winter collections. X Balenciaga silhouette strokes by adjusting the waist and focusing the entire volume in the miniskirt and a pronounced shoulder sweater.

Detail draped silk skirt shaped shell, the Balenciaga collection for autumn-winter 2009/10

Stilletto abotinado rubber based band draped navy and beige suede and red Balenciaga

The Les Arts Decoratifs museum in Paris is currently hosting an exhibition of dresses inspired pleats and drapery created by the Greco-Roman couturier Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975)

Viktor & Rolf bet for a romantic blouse blue paste that incorporates in the back a Venetian-inspired draping

Details of the cascading folds applied to one of the new clothes by Viktor & Rolf

Soft white hand bag with pleated shaped shell, Viktor & Rolf

Donna Karan presents a flowing gown and Greco-Roman-inspired brown folds as a wrap

Detail of boat neckline draped in clothing, the new winter collection of Donna Karan

Wrinkled cotton pad loop, Zara Home

Givenchy bet for a total look in a white gown with a bow at the waist, V-neck and applications ostrich feather

Ricardo Tisci was inspired by the hairstyles of ancient Egypt and classical Greece to give rise to an original and innovative

Cerise bag with leather straps in the rosette, Valentino

The Rizzoli published "Valentino: Themes and Variations", a book containing 50 years of this master of haute couture and the handling of the needle. Highly recommended if you want to know more about the drapery

Max Azria combines the glam rock aesthetic drawing on tight pants, black low cut dress asymmetrical draping

Chocolate-colored minidress, high neck and wrinkled effect in X, Yigal Azruel

Brian Atwood established a preference for high leather boots with chocolate brown stiletto heel, hidden platform and wrinkled cane

Doo.Ri joins the trend with a flowing silk dress blue ink that incorporates a dizzying V-shaped neckline

Draped dress with purple sequined sash belt and halter neck, by Roberto Cavalli

For a formal event, we choose this fuchsia dress with asymmetrical neckline and sash belt, Oscar de la Renta

Effect wrinkled sack dress and casual cut, of Ann Demeulemeester's collection for autumn-winter 2009/10

Christian Dior bet for a colorful yellow wrap dress with brocade and tied around her waist

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The Best of...

…what lies ahead!
Although we still think in terms of mini dresses and bikinis, we can not deny the evidence: the winter is just around the corner. In Vogue.es forward you the very best of everything that lies ahead. Our list of the Marc Jacobs opens that far from 80 years to revisit the use of colors and elegant lady winks. Insurmountable.

Although it is not merely a collection of autumn-winter 2010 resort but the first sample of the reborn Vionnet is a current, stylish, sensitive, and drawn up the legacy of the designer.

Marc Jacobs again, this time for Louis Vuitton, wasted pouring fresh creativity. But how is it that impossible mix volumes, and ochentera elements reminiscent of the cartoons without dying in the attempt.

Leaving aside (finally) the futuristic aesthetic, Balenciaga takes the best of the legacy of the creator to give a tribute to the master collection Guetaria. Feminine, optimistic and decisive.

Chloé has become the best ambassador for the naïve and romantic aesthetics without falling into obvious. This winter we are again with a surprising collection pure, clean and full of subtle details.

Unrelated to the rumors that place him as the successor of Lagerfeld at the helm of Chanel, Albert Elbaz updates the mystery and sophistication of 40 years in key twenty-first century for Lanvin.

Olivier Theyskens draws a dreamlike and magical night with divas and somewhat stylized Gothic in his collection for Nina Ricci.

Far from sinking into autohomenaje, Alexander McQueen evolves not only in its dramatic style and sumptuous, but rather about a more conceptual own positions of Japanese designers.

As if a queen of snow were contemporary, Rodarte's wife for the next winter is cold but close. The Mulleavy sisters have become one of the most creative couples circuit fashion.

The circle closes, of course, Miuccia Prada, that by next winter rewrites the austere aesthetic, almost post-war, built from rough fabrics and patterns and very strong arms.

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Fall 2009

Someone once said - the autumn collections, as well as men, women always expected too much, and those that fail ...

You must agree with me, this is different!

Party Like It's

1983

The eighties—the decade that fashion won't forget. Marc Jacobs led the latest revival with an unapologetic dose of New York nightclub nostalgia (metallic leather and acid-wash jeans, anyone?). Antonio Berardi and Gucci's Frida Giannini also went after-hours glam via crystal-studded minidresses and sharkskin suits, respectively. And leave it to Donatella Versace to put a gloss on the era with the season's most irresistibly sexy party dresses.

Biker

Brigade

Designers went, ahem, hog wild for zipped and shrunken toppers this season. Balmain's Christophe Decarnin is the poster boy for the tough-chic trend, of course, but Haider Ackermann, Alexander Wang, and Roland Mouret also revved up the look's have-to-have-it factor.

Boudoir

Crossing

From lacy bralettes at Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton to molded corsets at Fendi and Hussein Chalayan, all eyes were on the bust for Fall. That is, when they weren't on the legs or the midriff. YSL's Stefano Pilati channeled Elsa Peretti as a Playboy bunny with a leather one-piece that bared his model's gams, while Roberto Cavalli and Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci played a game of now-you-see-it, now-you-don't peekaboo.

Forties And

Fabulous

Adrian lives! The costume designer who made an icon of Joan Crawford and a virtue of out-to-there shoulder pads would have approved of the Fall 2009 productions. Dolce & Gabbana, Lanvin's Alber Elbaz, and Aquilano.Rimondi whipped up 1940's tailleurs to do an MGM star proud, while Zac Posen, Victoria Beckham, and Bottega Veneta's Tomas Maier focused on long, languorous looks for impossibly glamorous evenings.

Ruche

Hour

Designers went completely drape for Fall. Both miniskirts and jodhpurs came swagged in silk charmeuse at Balenciaga; no outfit was complete without five, six, or seven mix-and-match layers at Missoni's nouveau nomadic show; and the fluid evening numbers at Donna Karan and Oscar de la Renta were so red carpet-ready they gave new meaning to the notion of "destination dressing”.

Smart

Investments

When the going gets tough, the tough wear camel hair. And pinstripes. The classics were back in full force on the runways—even rule breakers Christopher Kane and Miuccia Prada sent out double-breasted jackets, while Ralph Lauren and Marni's Consuelo Castiglioni went with tweed. In risky times, nothing spells sartorial security like a Burberry trench, a Chanel suit, or, just possibly, a swaggering fur-lapel great coat from Hermès.

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