Last march, during Paris Fashionweek, Gauchere presented their current
Spring/Summer '21 collection at the Espace Commines. There were a few
restricted shows and this was one of them. The place was decorated with clean
white poufs for the audience to sit on and some simple candles. With help of
the spirits of the sacred wood, Palo Santo from Brazilian Amazon,
Marie-Christine Statz (Founder and Designer of Gauchere) invited John James to
initiate a decompression ceremony. She and the vibrations of the drums set the
rhythm for this experience.
"In these unusual times, looking at one thing at a time, listening to
one sound at a time and allowing the experience to resonate was the
key mood for Marie-Christine Statz. The urge to connect with
ourselves, with what is right in front and with nature is a sensation
that the designer felt and found it was shared by her
community. Doug Aitken’s installation ‘sonic pavilion’ with
its more than 200 meters deep cavity brings up continuous and
constantly-changing live sounds of the earth that are rich in
frequencies and textures. The curved glass of the the
prism-like architecture creates an optical distortion that
visually blurs everything except what is directly in front of the
viewer. This living artwork is a space for introspection and deeply
touched Marie-Christine Statz. This strong feeling of a common intrinsic concentration is translated
into the Spring Summer 2021 collection. In order to bring this feeling
to life during the defile." -from Gauchere-
The collections color palette showed the signature black and white as well as
the naturals like warm tones, vanilla, khaki and brick stone red, but also
bright bleu and yellow. Broad shoulders were paired with small waists in
dresses and blazers, an important silhouette which we've seen before in
Gauchere's previous collections. Like wise some super light silks and laces,
cut-out and added in unusual places, with decent tailoring.
We got what we came for... Parisian cool, easy to style for today's modern
women, set in a beautiful aesthetically pleasing place. We loved the
bolded draped tops, in black and white, with small straps. Favourites were
also the sleeveless blazer pleated together in small waists and the lace
details in the black dresses. Special mention for the yellow light satin
ensemble with black lace.
Hopefully next season, again IRL.
(Pictures and edit by Brenda)
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