Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Sheer Madness

At the Summer shows for 2015 there was a lot of body to be seen through the sheer  layers of fabric. Nothing new we hear you say; No, agreed, the use of transparent fabrics aren’t new, but the shape they come in this season are; they are extravagant in a romantic way. (Mind you, these are no brides you see below!) The designers did go wild with their imagination and used tons of fabric to create over-the-top, floor-lenght dresses for us to strut on the streets next Summer.

No Brides

Francesco Scognamiglio

John Galliano

Kenzo

Vanessa Bruno/ Chloe

Vionnet

Rochas

Lace

Zimmerman

Blumarine

Ungaro

Covered from top to toe in Lace.  Lace is still going strong on the runways, has been  since Winter 2011. Romantic at Zimmerman. Jumpsuits at Ungaro. Unfinished lace punk at Yamamoto. We also noticed models to be covered in Broderie Anglaise, which is less transparent but from the same romantic family as lace: >see that HERE on this blog

Netting

Netting at Veronique Leroy

Anrealage

Alberta Feretti

Balenciaga

Balenciaga

Balenciaga

Taking it to extremes with netted-like fabrics and embellishments. To-the-office netting at Leroy, Oversized at Balenciaga and Anrealage. Alberta Ferretti took it to the next level using extra embellishment to create an über-garden-fence-dress

Print

Sheer stripes at Dries van Noten

Sheer stripes at John Galliano

Sheer dots at Maison Rabih Kayrouz

Color Block at Valentino

Sheer beauty with striped layering at Dries van Noten. Accessible dots and stripes at Galliano and Maison Rabih Kayrouz. Color-blocking with ruching at Valentino

(all images via style.com)