Part of: Tumblr Takeover: Back to the Couture
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Day 1: Back to the Couture
published on 6 July 2014
Kicking off his eight-day Tumblr curation, fashion journalist Alexander Fury explores the craft, construction and hidden details of couture, focusing on Atelier Versace for day one.
Kicking off his eight-day Tumblr curation, fashion journalist Alexander Fury explores the craft, construction and hidden details of couture, focusing on Atelier Versace for day one.
HAUTE COUTURE AUTUMN/WINTER 2014
An embroidered and cutworked leather bodice with strass crystal and metal, from the spring/summer 2012 Atelier Versace collection
Interior of an Atelier Versace gown, spring/summer 2012
Embroidery detail on rear of Atelier Versace autumn/winter 2013. Sequin embroidered webwork with cut-outs and crystal details.
Final fittings for spring/summer 2014 Atelier Versace Photography by Rahi Rezvan
Metal and strass crystal embroidery on laser-cut leather, lined in georgette. Atelier Versace spring/summer 2012
Donatella Versace backstage at Atelier Versace spring/summer 2014. Photography by Rahi Rezvani
Embroidering Atelier Versace, autumn/winter 2013 Photography by Rahi Rezvani
Seamstresses completing work on Atelier Versace autumn/winter 2013. Mink and silk chiffon knit, with crystal and sequin embroidery.
Atelier Versace spring/summer 2014. Backstage at la Chambre de Commerce et d’ Industrie, Paris. Photography by Rahi Rezvani
Watching girls go by. Slits and bits at Atelier Versace. The couture is on.
Seamstresses working on the spring 2014 collection by Atelier Versace. Photograph by Rahi Rezvani
Rear of the year. Stella Tennant closing Atelier Versace.
More Atelier Versace autumn/winter 2014
10magazine: Versace Couture backstage madness all hands on deck to get the gorgeous Stella Tennant @stellatennant in the finale gown. RG @mario testino @parisvogue @versace_official #versacecouture #pariscouture #atelierversace (via 10magazine-deactivated20150901)
The toile of a Balenciaga jacket, from 1947. Note the pad-stitching to stiffen the basque and the bombast to create an hourglass silhouette
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