Couture fashion’s biggest risk taker Daniel Roseberry doesn’t consider himself a provocateur, but, he tells British Vogue: “Being an American and from a place as far away from Paris’s Place Vendôme as Texas is, I feel permission and even a sort of empowerment to ask questions, challenge, and breathe some fresh air into the traditions of couture.” On a quest to inspire rather than challenge people, through his rambunctious odes to Elsa Schiaparelli’s work, here’s what the industry’s bright spark conjured up for the Schiaparelli couture autumn/winter 2021 collection.
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AW21 is a volte-face from last season
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Roseberry references the couture greats
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Jackets are a key focus
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Lungs never looked so beautiful. Yes, lungs
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