Iris van Herpen dresses the woman as a jellyfish and Schiaparelli sends her into the future

The designer Iris van Herpen presented a collection on the first day of the Paris Haute Couture Week, which reminded of a dive into the depths of the sea. The spectacular show included laser effects that also staged the creations on the catwalk.

The Dutch designer, known for her merger of high -tech and fashion, showed skin -tied dresses that reminded of scales or algae. She also presented flowing skirts and fins tropical fish as well as the cocks of seahorses. The color palette comprised greenish and navy work tones, but also black and silver, as in the depths of the lake.

The jellyfish was the focus of the show entitled ‘Sympoiesis’. In order to reproduce this animal, the designer used “a wafer -thin Japanese tissue that lies in moon -shaped curve structures like floating currents and was cut with translucid carbon fiber,” she said. Corals were imitated by a protein called Brewed. It is “a new, fermented fiber that was laser -cut and fused with a transparent organza by heat,” she added.

Meanwhile, Schiaparelli presented a ‘journey into the future’

This new Schiaparelli collection included an impressive dress with black and white ruffles, long sculptural evening dresses and elegant, almost simple suits. A richly decorated Torero outfit and a sleeveless, rectangularly cut coat with a high spring collar and a large silver flower embroidery was also shown. The coloring focused on white, black and silver, with some accents in bright red.

The show organized in the Petit Palais attracted numerous stars, including the American rapper Cardi B. She caused a sensation in a tightly adjacent black dress with a deep neckline. The excerpt was decorated with long pearl fringes and she wore a living raven on her glazed hands. The British singer Dua Lipa and French actresses Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu and Joséphine Japy were also present.