Brothers Grimm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

« William Shakespeare meets the Brothers Grimm » was the theme of the « Fairy Tale » section of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2014.

To read about other Brothers Grimm-influenced collections, search for the « Snow White » and « Little Red Riding Hood » posts that I have published on February 25, 2014, and on March 2, 2014, respectively.

To read about other William Shakespeare-inspired collections, search for the « William Shakespeare » post that I have published on August 26, 2013.

Photo : VOGUE.fr

 

 

 

The Story of the Vivian Girls

The Elena Rial Spring/Summer 2015 Show, presented as part of the Samsung EGO Innovation Project, was based on Henry Darger’s « The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion ».

Photo : VOGUE.es

 

 

 

Jacques Henri Lartigue

The John Galliano Autumn/Winter 2005-2006 Show was influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue’s photographs.

Other Jacques Henri Lartigue-inspired collections : Badgley Mischka Spring/Summer 2014 (this show paid homage to Jacques Henri Lartigue’s ’20s images of women relaxing on the French Riviera), Peter Som Spring/Summer 2003 (this collection took inspiration from Jacques Henri Lartigue’s pictures of the French Riviera in the interwar period).

Photo : MarieClaire.fr

 

 

 

Chimaera

The theme of the Leyre Valiente Spring/Summer 2013 Collection, titled « Chimaera », was an imaginary journey from fetus to Chimaera.

Photo : Courtesy of Leyre Valiente

 

 

 

Joséphine de Beauharnais

The Alexandra Vidal Spring/Summer 2015 Collection is influenced by Joséphine de Beauharnais’s love of luxurious fabrics.

Other Joséphine de Beauharnais-inspired collections : Chaumet (in 2010, to celebrate its 230 years, Chaumet launched the jewelry collection « Joséphine / Josephine », in homage to the French jeweler’s first muse, the Empress of the French), John Galliano (in 1992, John Galliano paid tribute to Joséphine de Beauharnais and her husband Napoleon in his collection entitled « Napoleon and Josephine »).

Photo : Courtesy of Alexandra Vidal

 

 

 

 

Deck the Halls

The 6^th segment of the 2007 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, titled « Deck the Halls », was named after the eponymous Christmas carol.

Photo : Courtesy of Victoria’s Secret

 

 

 

Persephone

The Elisa Palomino Spring/Summer 2011 Show, titled « Eternal Spring 11 », was inspired by the myth of Persephone.

Photo : VOGUE.es

 

 

 

Notre-Dame de Paris

The motif « Les Pigeons de Notre-Dame / The Pigeons of Notre-Dame » of the final look of the Schiaparelli by Marco Zanini Couture Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Collection references the gathering of pigeons in front of Paris’ Catholic cathedral, Notre-Dame de Paris.

Photo : MarieClaire.fr

 

 

 

On the Origin of Species

The Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2010 Show, titled « Plato’s Atlantis », was influenced by Charles Darwin’s 1859 « On the Origin of Species ».

Photo : MarieClaire.fr

 

 

 

Ernst Haeckel

The Leyre Valiente Spring/Summer 2014 Collection, entitled « Amphibia », is partly based on Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of the sea world.

Photo : Courtesy of Leyre Valiente