Jean Paul Gaultier, Azzedine Alaïa, Haider Ackermann and Dame Vivienne Westwood were among the designers to attend a party celebrating Paris Haute Couture Week last night.
The iconic event in the fashion calendar is drawing to a close, so a glitzy event was held at the Grand Trianon in the French city to mark it. The building housed an exhibition detailing the impact 18th century France has on fashion to this day, which the designers particularly enjoyed.
Rick Owens, Giambattista Valli, Kris Van Assche, Dries Van Noten and Nathalie Rykiel were also invited, with all the guests sipping champagne as they mused about style.
“I think it’s great to celebrate the end of couture week here because it revives with the tradition of French pomp,” said Rykiel to WWD.
Ackermann called the exhibition “romantic”, while Valli explained the surroundings made him feel at home as he visited them so much.
Designers spent time looking at their favourite pieces, both old and new. Among those on display was a red leather Gaultier coat, with the designer amazed when he saw it.
“It’s quite incredible to be at Versailles and to see your designs,” he told the fashion publication. “Except it makes you think that what you have done is not that great — the originals are better.”
At the end of the evening the designers looked on as a series of fireworks exploded in the gowns.
Yesterday marked Alaïa’s first ever haute couture show in Paris, and security was tight. Like Tom Ford’s recent womenswear collection, only a select few were invited to see the show and there were nophotographs – it seems the designer wants to make the pieces public at his own pace.
It is known that Donatella Versace, Sofia Coppola and Kanye West all attended though, as they were photographed on their way in.
Now he is creating haute couture, Alaïa will have to stick to the regulations set by the Chambre Syndicale - which the French government overlooks - meaning he will have to come up with two collections annually.
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