Artistic director Matthew M Williams presented his vision of contemporary elegance with the silhouettes of the Givenchy Spring-Summer 2024 women’s collection at École Militaire in Paris. Inspired by a chrysalis, Gabriel Calatrava’s designs created an intimate space where draping, hand-painted flowers, lace, and pearls all bloomed. 

Throughout the collection, the silhouettes oscillate between structure and ease, black monochromes and gracious pastels, thick and diaphanous fabrics. Gentleman’s tailoring is set off by the delicacy of the skin. Plays of layered transparency are sprinkled throughout the collection as gloves highlight the curves of the arms, and pointed pumps are encased in translucent stockings, LVMH said in a press release.

Lace volants reveal the beauty of a neckline. Day appropriates evening codes in draping re-energised by flou techniques. Overlays are spliced in chiffon, taffeta, organza or mud silk, a technique for dying silk from river mud inherited from the Ming Dynasty, creating a leathery effect.

Matthew M Williams shares Hubert de Givenchy’s passion for flowers, which embellish leather and materialise in rose formations, almond green prints or on the bustier of a spring evening gown. Symbols of the ephemeral, hand-painted flowers, including irises, seem to leave their imprint on the skin, added the release.

Jewels transform the clothing, covering the body in latticed pearl and crystal. Chokers, hoop earrings, and rings celebrate the perfect sphere of the pearl, imagining new ways to wear the jewellery. Mules play with ruching, while the signature Shark Lock boot is reinterpreted in an open-toe version. The Voyou line introduces sliding chain straps, and a new trapezoid flap bag is framed by imposing chunky buckles.

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