Haute Couture Fall 2009: Hamish Bowles’s Favorite Giorgio Armani Privé Look
Giorgio Armani Privé, Look 46
The pearl-gray satin curtains, pulled back to reveal the curve of a grand staircase—a streamlined contemporary take on Dior’s fifties salon—set the scene for Armani’s study in elegant restraint. His one-shouldered siren evening gown with its scissor-line fin similarly evokes a mid-century couture look, but its innovative textural embroidery of looped fringing brings it firmly into Armani’s world.
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