Just because the couture is “haute” doesn’t mean it’s suited to everyone’s tastes. We round up the best and worst of this Fall 2015 season with these outtakes.
Haute or Faute? Our Couture Round-Up
VALENTINO
“This collection brought Valentino couture from Paris back home to Rome (albeit for one season), for a celebratory exposé on regal couture.” Read the full review here.
ZUHAIR MURAD
“Skirts didn’t just sparkle, they glistened; zodiac impressions mesmerized; and stars burst with a firecracker-like pop.” Read the full review here.
RALPH & RUSSO
“Certainly her embroideries are impeccably detailed, crystal glass bead embellishments rich and weighty, Chantilly lace and silk satins luxurious, capes regal (we counted eight), and colors as deep as they are pure, they are nonetheless lacking design innovation.” Read the full review here.
ELIE SAAB
“It’s something to be said that the delicate opening gowns left as much of an impression as the painstakingly colossal finale wedding dress. Saab should continue to explore creating with a lighter hand—he certainly hasn’t mastered it, and cannot seem to avoid adding when he should instead be eliminating.” Read the full review here.
RAMI KADI
“With this ‘Firefly’ collection did Kadi make ‘beautiful couture?’ No, not in the traditional sense. But did it mesmerize? Absolutely.” Read the full review here.
RAMI AL ALI
“Increasingly, designers are introducing contemporary separates into women’s wardrobes, but Al Ali continues to nurture a steadfast loyalty to his genteel heroine.” Read the full review here.
DICE KAYEK
“Like her dresses, her black-tie affair was a robust, voluminous one, with exaggerated silhouettes that will catch the eye of the woman keen to make a statement but bored to death of run-of-the-mill, embellished, mermaid dresses.” Read the full review here.
ULYANA SERGEENKO
“Enter an awkward hobble dress with lampshade hem and three-quarter length dustball-tackled skirt, or that sheer number featuring colored accents on the bust, which had us picturing her rolling around on the floor picking up any remaining confetti from the last party of the century.” Read the full review here.
ATELIER VERSACE
“Incidentally, we saw many over-the-top looks that Arab couture clients have favored for years, but are now moving away from.” Read the full review here.
