While every season we dip into our archives to see what fashion looked like 20 years ago, it turns out there’s deep lore attached to the spring 2007 shows. Nicolas Ghesquière gave us robot leggings at Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen presented his gothic floral dresses, and Christopher Kane had his fluorescent debut, among other runway delights.
The designer roster was stacked on this particular walk down memory lane: Christophe Decarnin was in at Balmain, Peter Dundas at Emanuel Ungaro, Bella Freud at Biba, Jean Paul Gaultier at Hermès, Clare Waight Keller at Pringle of Scotland, Tomas Maier at Bottega Veneta, Stefano Pilati at Saint Laurent, Raf Simons at Jil Sander, to name just a few notable appointments.
Trend-wise there was a lot of pantsless dressing balanced by ever-present prep (see Ralph Lauren, Paul Smith, and, surprisingly, Dsquared2); a fascination with tech (see Chalayan’s crystal morphing pieces and Versace’s dress in C-3PO gold metal, and Narciso Rodriguez’s armor-like molded bustier); hyper-romanticism (Roberto Cavalli, Rodarte), some sportiness (Y-3, DKNY) and ’40s and ’80s nostalgia. Gucci celebrated 85 years, Jean Paul Gaultier 30. Overall, this was a season to remember.
Narciso Rodriguez
Marc Jacobs
Michael Kors Collection
Y-3
Threeasfour
Proenza Schouler
Marc by Marc Jacobs
DKNY
Luella
Anna Sui
Sabyasachi
Rodarte
Thakoon
Zac Posen
LONDON
Christopher Kane
Gareth Pugh
Giles Deacon
Hamish Morrow
Paul Smith
Biba by Bella Freud
MILAN
Jil Sander by Raf Simons
Miu Miu
Prada
Marni
Pringle of Scotland by Clare Waight Keller
Dsquared2
Roberto Cavalli
Bottega Veneta by Tomas Maier
Gucci by Frida Giannini
Versace
PARIS
Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière
Chalayan
Alexander McQueen
Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs
Saint Laurent by Stefano Pilati
Tao
Christian Dior by John Galliano
Rick Owens
Ann Demeulemeester
Balmain by Christophe Decarnin
Giambattista Valli
Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld
Comme des Garçons
Dries Van Noten
Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci
Hermès by Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier
Junya Watanabe
Yohji Yamamoto
Lanvin by Alber Elbaz
Viktor & Rolf
Maison Margiela
Sophia Kokosalaki
Stella McCartney
Undercover
Valentino
Veronique Branquinho
Chloé by Yvan Mispelaere
Emanuel Ungaro by Peter Dundas
Vivienne Westwood
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