"As you know, the runways are meant to be a source of artistic expression, not just trends. And the look from catwalks around the world are more cause to stop, stare and wonder.
Even if your first thought might be, what the heck were they thinking? It’s not as far-fetched as it looks.
Inspiration is all around and it is the outlandish ideas that ultimately influence more conservative looks.
Without the outrageous tilting one end of the scale, how else would we ever strike a balance.
The communication device-inspired creation (above left) from the 2009 fall collection of Nitin Bal Chauhan of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi, India, Wednesday.Indian fashion designer Manish Arora showcases an interesting trophy (above right) in Paris, Monday.
A look from Japanese fashion designer Toshikazu Iwaya for Iwaya For Dress 33 (at right) as part of his fall ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Thursday.
And French fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac (above left) presents a tribute to the pre-radical surgery Michael Jackson that I never would have imagined for his fall collection, Tuesday.
Somehow, it all makes harem pants a lot more palatable." - Debra Bass, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I'm not a fashionista. In fact, the only things I know about fashion are things I learned from watching "Sex and the City" and "America's Next Top Model". I know that 'haute couture' means a wilder design; something more and likely worn on the runway, not the street. But what I do know is that fashion can be art and art can be fashion, it's just how you look at it. With that said, here's a brief slide show of four haute couture designs. Enjoy!
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