Carven Spring Summer Collection 2014 in Paris (with interview)
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Guillaume henry reminisces on school girls, who slip on a skirt and a short jacket and have a certain class about them. he reinterprets his memories by adding prints and coloured camouflage mixed with roses. flowers, which are embroidered on a number of his pieces, like a leitmotiv, just as the tops criss-crossed at the front interspersed with hooked lace. a short style dominates, coats and jackets reach new volumes, and dress pockets are placed at shoulder level whilst the arms are covered with a simple circle of fabric which plays the role of sleeves. this look is at the same time young, timeless, if a little nervous and stronger than previous seasons.
guillaume henry:
it’s true to say that i wanted the clothes to be easy to understand but also to have energy and nervousness. i wanted to work on the carven women this season, to make her determined but neither aggressive nor malicious. she doesn’t dress like a little girl, far from in, but she is determined, verging on being slightly rebellious, so there was this desire for a wardrobe that borrowed from youth, full of longing, full of ideas, full of dreams but also in a way ornamental so as not to become a teenager.
in a nutshell, camouflage decorated the bouquets and rendered it more accessible and i like all of the contrasts. in the end, camouflage and flowers are not so different but it is the marrying of the two that surprised me.
music from the show
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