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Photo credit: Courtesy of Rahul Mishra[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]For Rahul Mishra’s “Butterfly People” Couture FW20 collection, it goes beyond the beauty of the actual garments created for the season, but deeper into the impact of a pandemic into the lives of the artisans behind each work of art.

The collection forced Mishra to take pause and question the relevance of couture during these unsettling times. With his atelier and artisans impacted back home in his native India, the creation of the collection was a way to sustain life. This time of reflection and slowing of life in Delhi also revealed the colorful beauty of the landscape and gradual return of nature to a city filled with millions of inhabitants. Discover the beauty of this multi-dimensional collection inspired by reflection and a return of nature.[/x_text][x_tab_nav type=”two-up” float=”top”][x_tab_nav_item title=”Collection” active=”true”][x_tab_nav_item title=”Details” active=”false”][/x_tab_nav][x_tabs][x_tab active=”true”][/x_tab][x_tab active=”false”][/x_tab][/x_tabs][/x_column][/x_row][/x_section]

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Photo credit: Courtesy of Stéphane Rolland[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]For Fall/Winter 2020, the Stéphane Rolland Couture collection is shaped like a cocoon – protecting and wrapping, according to the collection notes. Cut outs that reveal, jumpsuits covered by an organza coat, pleated crepe, smoked polyurethane that teases all those that admire, and beautiful Parisian glass concentrated in application to embellish and elevate flowing creations that move with each turn. This is the Stéphane Rolland couture collection fit for any queen.

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Photo and video credit: Mikael Jansson for Chanel[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]For the Chanel Couture Fall/Winter 2020 collection, it’s a sharp contrast in inspiration from the Spring/Summer 2020 Couture collection where Gabrielle Chanel and her childhood surroundings were the foundational inspiration. For this upcoming season, Virginie Viard took inspiration from Karl Lagerfeld.

“I was thinking about a punk princess coming out of ‘Le Palace’ at dawn,” reveals Viard. “With a taffeta dress, big hair, feathers and lots of jewellery. This collection is more inspired by Karl Lagerfeld.”

The result, a more edgy, yet always sophisticated collection of 30 looks filled with shimmer, shine, jewels and embellished tweed. Punk hair style, brighter-bolder colors and definitely more attitude.

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