Celine Women's Collection Fall/Winter 2008-2009 "I wanted a collection for here and now, with contemporary, urban, active pieces that celebrate the movement of the body and feminine silhouette. I was inspired by extreme sports and flowers that I adore. A collection for the city and the serenity that fashion can provide. It associates speed and softness, movement and grace, playing up the contrasts of Couture Sportswear inherent to Celine." Ivana Omazic A collection which mixes feminine silhouettes with technical pieces, playing on the contrast of softness and fluidity against tense and urban shapes. It is a constant back and forth between poetry and utility. The fluid fragility of orchid mousseline dresses is a foil to perfectly tailored cuts, adapted to sportswear...
Celine Spring-Summer 2008 Collection "How to express the present with its references to the past, whilst projecting ourself into the future?" This is the issue that the artistic director of Celine, addresses in her Spring-Summer 2008 collection. Drawn from the artisanal tradition of the 19th-century woman's wardrobe, bones and crinolines are used here to liberate the movement of clothes without imprisoning the body. The result: "An allure that is supple, soft and fluid, but not shapeless," notes Ivana Omazic. A relaxed feel, the lightness of ultra-fine jerseys, the importance of the body's contours, a sporty ease mixed with purified couture constructions are the essence of this new sartorial vocabulary. Bones mark the waist on an ultra-fluid T-shirt in jersey...
