WINDS OF CHANGE

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Sarah Burton’s collection celebrated women through portrayals of different rites of passage, from birth and sisterhood to marriage and mourning. There were white wedding dresses and christening gowns, delicately embroidered lace poplin ensembles and leather lace corseted dresses. Tough, layered jewellery, designed like heirlooms and keepsakes, added to the nostalgia. BALENCIAGA To get to the runway, guests walked through a tunnel of moving-image LED-screens created by digital artist Jon Rafman, who Demna Gvasalia discovered at Art Basel. The show itself was a graduation from streetwear, through which Gvasalia rose to fame at Vetements, presenting sophisticated power dressing, including structured shoulders, oversized tailoring and even blanket dresses covered with plenty of logos in various fonts. Vintage silhouettes were given a futuristic spin with the use of bold colours such…