Paris Couture Footwear from the Spring 2009 Shows
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by jitterbugbaby under Armani Shoes, Chanel Shoes, Christian Dior Shoes, Christian Lacroix Shoes, Fashion Week, Givenchy Shoes, Spring 2009 Shoes, Valentino ShoesIt is that time again, yes. Paris fashion week for the couture labels. Oo la la.
It wasn’t my favorite collection this time around. A little on the snoozy side. Couture is where you can really go for it, you know? And these… well, mostly not so much with the going for it.
Armani Privé did some variations on this d’Orsay pump.
I’m not terribly impressed. It’s nice and all, but a little *yawn* for a couture show.
Though, this combo of dress and shoes was a knock-out.
Chanel was also feeling the sparkly appliqué trend.
*thunk*
What? Oh… sorry… dozed off there. My head must have hit the desk.
Let’s see… I’m still nodding off over blah beige numbers from Christian Lacroix (left, which makes the models look like they’ve got coral sprouting from their ankles) and Elie Saab (right, which seriously interests me in absolutely zero ways… zero).
Can Givenchy wake me up?
Wow! No! In fact, those look disturbingly like hospital-wear or slippers or something. Something that’s NOT going to make me more alert.
Valentino? Nope. Any shoe whose separated-at-birth twin is one of those hideous shell-covered mirrors doesn’t wake me up. It just makes me want to sleep through the tackiness.
Jean Paul Gaultier perked me up a little bit. Sure, the structured, mostly-monochromatic thing isn’t necessarily brand new for him, but he did some interesting amendments with more feminine flow and flashes of color, and you know I love me some shoes that come with their own built-in fishnet hosiery.
But, not surprisingly, it was John Galliano who gave me the jolt of caffeine I really needed. His Dior shoe (it was just the one shoe, really, but in lots of different colors) is fabulously rococo, which only made it that much better to see him bringing in things like Delft tiles and Renaissance portraiture and even a cracked-out Little Bo Peep number. Love!
I suppose I will just have to sigh and throw my hands up at this season’s couture shoes and hope for better luck next time.
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January 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Looking back over the last few years of couture shows, it’s clear that John Galliano is the only one who has brought out truly over-the-top different shoes on his couture runway. Think of the Queen Mum series, compared to anything else of its time! True, Lagerfeld did the Chanel “Floating Heel” for couture, but for the most part shoes at couture time have to be lovely, yet not distract the audience from the dresses.
January 30th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
True, most of these shoes are a total yawn. The Galliano shoes are the only interesting ones in the bunch. But I feel for the girl wearing the orange ones. Ouch! Her poor toes!
January 31st, 2009 at 2:51 am
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January 31st, 2009 at 7:19 pm
The Galliano remind me a bit of the Miu Miu teacup shoes, but I think the Galliano are more wearable.
February 1st, 2009 at 9:39 am
Those Givenchy’s will look great with my fetching leg cast.
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