During Couture Fashion Week there are lots of fancy after-parties for the guests to choose and pick between. When all people within the same business are gathered in Paris what better time to have a 24-hour museum arranged by Prada and a grand dinner honoring the occasion. Guests who attended were Kate Moss, Anna Wintour, Salma Hayek and Diane Kruger amid others.
The man behind the "non-existing museum" is Francesco Vezzoli, a well-recognized Italian artist. (I saw his works hanging parallel to Salavador Dali's within the world-touring exhibition Dali Dali honoring the two.) The museum was located for a day in the the historic Palais d'Iéna, which today houses the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council. The classical sculptures Vezzoli created for the occasion are a tribute to the ageless allure of femininity that make references to contemporary divas. "They are my icons turned into sculptures and placed on marble pedestals," he says. The fashion house has previously hosted his work at Prada Transformer (Seoul, 2009).
At the last day of couture fashion week Elie Saab and Jean Paul Gautier showed incredible collections which were the full opposite of each other. Gautier's was a tribute to Amy Winehouse with models working the same hair and make-up as the late singer, and Saab with her picture-perfect models wearing more elegant couture in light colors enjoy pink and purple.
Gautier's performance was a fun colourful circus with an tremendous variation not seen at any other performance. The models had contrasting hair colors ranging from pink to green but mostly the black Winehouse look. Watching this cool couture show you'll certainly be impressed by Gautier's fantasy, you should check all the photos.
