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Paris Haute Couture SS17
From runway to moodboard
January 30th, 2017
An old photo, the memory of a masquerade ball in Venice in the 50s. A soap-opera popular in the 80s. Snapchat obsession and emoticons that replace the words. The beautiful Indian Moghul gardens. The boudoir of Maria Amalia of Saxony in the Capodimonte museum. The art in all its forms from classical Greek mythology to Giacometti sculptures, the geometries created by Ester Socker, through the nineteenth century portraits of native Indian women wearing Victorian dresses. These are just some of the inspirations turned into wonderful clothes shows during the haute couture's week just ended in Paris. Discover them below.
Art & Design
Chanel - Alberto Giacometti "Femme Culliere"
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/chanel-giacometti.jpg)
Iris Van Herpen - Esther Stocker
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/vanherpen-stocker.jpg)
Maison Margiela - Benjamin Shine
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/margiela-shine.jpg)
Valentino - John William Godward"Athenais"
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/valentino-john-william-godward.jpg)
Viktor & Rolf - Kintsugi
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/vrolf-kintsugi.jpg)
Schiaparelli - Guy Bourdin
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/schiaparelli-bordin.jpg)
Giambattista Valli - Moghul gardens
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/valli-moghul.jpg)
Francesco Scognamiglio - Capodimonte Museum
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/scognamiglio-capodimonte%281%29.jpg)
Dior - Cynthia Balfour Rehearsing "Fire Vanquished by Snow" (from Bal D'Hiver series by Inge Morath)
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/dior-bal-d-hiver.jpg)
Givenchy - Dakota Chief and wife Sati on their wedding day, 1889
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/givenchy-native.jpg)
Dolce & Gabbana - vintage La Scala's poster
![](https://data2.nssmag.com/images/galleries/11492/thumbs/dg-lascala.jpg)
Zuhair Murad - Joan Collins in the 80s