The 20 Most Buzzworthy Trends from Paris Couture Week
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Margiela's Bedazzled Masks
For couture, Maison Martin Margiela gave its usual face-obscuring masks a glamorous upgrade. As intricate as ever, this season's high-fashion face covers featured gorgeous flower appliques, beads and shimmery tiles. While this might be difficult to sport on an everyday basis, we are positive a few fashionistas, including Kanye West, who is quite fond of the house, will find a way to show off these over-the-top face accessories.
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Valentino's Couture Take on Tweed
Tweeds dominated a large part of the Valentino Haute Couture collection. In the form of boxy tops which were paired with fluid skirts and capes, this time around, the heritage fabric gave romantic pieces a more adventurous spirit, which felt completely new and fresh for the label.
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Elie Saab's Dorothy Red Gowns
Elie Saab opened his exquisite collection with a bang—or a precious stone to be more exact. Ruby red bedazzled gowns fit for a modern day fairy tale catered to the girly-girl in all of us and will no doubt continue its influence among the usual red carpet attendees.
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Armani Privé's Naked Eveningwear
Judging by the oohs and ahhs heard around the fashion-sphere upon seeing Armani Prive's collection, we expect eveningwear to take a huge leap into glittering nudes that are so barely there, it's hard to see where fabric begins and skin ends.
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Atelier Versace's Erotic Sweater
Never has a sweater pulled off such a wow-factor like the elaborately pieced together, racy cropped ones seen at Atelier Versace's show. Expect to see iterations of this silhouette on the fashion elite in no time.
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Christian Dior's Tiered Flamenco Styled Skirts
At Christian Dior's couture show, traditional flamenco skirts appeared flouncier and even more vibrant than ever thanks to a tiered cut. If you're looking to heighten your fashion-forward sex appeal, then take a page from Raf Simons and pair with a sheer net top.
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Zuhair Murad's Tattoo Style Embroidery
Eveningwear took a dark turn thanks to tattoo style embroidery witnessed on the sleeves and necklines at Zuhair Murad's gorgeous collection—an effect that felt overtly gothic and glamorous.
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Christian Dior's Neck Revival
Accessories especially at Haute Couture shows are a given, but this time around a lot of attention was paid to the neck area. Consider Christian Dior's silk scarf loop as notice that it's the season of the neck.
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Giambattista Valli's Lush Flowers
Floral arrangements bloomed throughout the entire Giambattista Valli collection, like this gorgeous gown accented with flowers so lush, they could have been real.
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Christophe Josse's Textured Whites
Christophe Josse created an ethereal collection by using an all-white palette and a different combination of textures, giving us a brand new inspiration when it comes to thinking of fall whites.
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Bouchra Jarrar's Gilded Feathers
What's more glam than plumes in a Haute Couture collection? Plumes that are paired with gold embroidery. Take a page from Bouchra Jarrar's haute collection and start sporting gilded feathers, a duet that is as glam as it is attention-seeking.
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Elie Saab's Ode to Emerald
Ruby wasn't the only colored stone that caught our attention during the Elie Saab show. Runner up, emerald green, proved just as scintillating thanks to gorgeous beaded designs.
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Valentino's Sheer Frocks
Tweed wasn't the only fabric getting love at Valentino's show. Sheer materials with elaborate embroidery gave the Italian label a racier, yet still elegant, demeanor.
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Christian Dior's Rainbow Stripes
Rainbow hues made an appearance on the Dior runway in the form of subtle stripes, a finish that was kept elegant thanks to the intricate texture that detailed these gorgeous mid-length dresses.
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Alexis Mabille's Ombre Pants
At Alexis Mabille's couture show, hand-painted swishes gifted tapered pants with the ombre effect, a detail that revived the seemingly dying trend.
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Giambattista Valli's Artsy Peplums
Peplums took a feminine turn at Valli's couture collection, thanks to a peppering of floral detailing and a more sumptuous romantic silhouette.
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Alexandre Vauthier's Bare It All Gowns
Sexy gets an upgrade courtesy of the sheer gowns seen at Alexandre Vauthier's couture collection. Not meant for the wallflower, a trend like this belongs to the fiercest girls in town.
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Chanel's Extra Wide Belts
If Karl has anything to say about belts, and we are sure he does, is that they are coming back in a big way—literally. Dominating the Chanel accessory like never before, belts in different materials and textures gained impressive momentum. Their extra wide shapes certainly helped matters.
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Jean Paul Gaultier's Animal Print Everything
Looks like the cat is out of the bag—according to Couture that is. At Jean Paul Gaultier's couture collection, there were so many different animal print motifs and variations, models literally purred their way through the catwalk. Now that's a trend our inner feline is happy to see back in full force.
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Zuhair Murad's Provocative Stems
Leafless stems were the main focus on several gowns at the Zuhair Murad show, a result that felt more provocative and dark than nature driven.
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