Peaked shoulders and witchy sleeves suggest Gaultier was inspired by Maleficent, while Elie Saab takes note of Frozen
It is arguably not haute couture's finest hour when the muses of the day, in what is supposedly the most refined and sophisticated branch of fashion, are two children's movie heroines: Maleficent at Jean Paul Gaultier, and Frozen's Elsa at Elie Saab.
At Gaultier, it was all about the hot-older-vampires. Older models wore their own silver hair long; younger ones had glittering granite-toned hair extensions. There were hoods and veils, peaked shoulders and plunging necklines, high foreheads and witchy sleeves, and pale skin against a palette of black and red. There were leather gloves, dominatrix high heels, and Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst closed the show in a black bridal dress.
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