The 10 Best Collections of Spring 2015
To help you get a better sense of the clothes that you’ll be coveting next season, we’ve whittled the collections to a seriously chic short list of ten.
In the month-long marathon of shows, many a standout fashion moment caught our eye in New York, Paris, Milan, and London. To help you get a better sense of the clothes that you’ll be coveting next season, we’ve whittled the collections to a seriously chic short list of ten.
Photo: Kim Weston Arnold/Indigitalimages.com1/10Louis Vuitton
Nicolas Ghesquière might have showed his latest collection for the house at the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s new futuristic Frank Gehry–designed building, and yet the fantastic Bon Chic Bon Genre blazers, peacoats, and fluid knit minidresses spoke to the fashion landscape of now, one where women slip easily between decades, amalgamating their favorite pieces.
Photo: Monica Feudi/FeudiGuaineri.com2/10Prada
**Miuccia Prada’**s very proper ladylike silhouettes were reconfigured with an imperfect beauty. In one of her strongest shows in a while, she pieced together exquisite fragments of vintage brocades with a deft and intriguing hand.
Photo: Monica Feudi/FeudiGuaineri.com3/10Céline
**Phoebe Philo’**s surprising and ebullient seventies florals saw her in a more romantic mood, confirming her status as the tempo changer of Fashion Week. Her knack? Provoking desire and providing polished wardrobe solutions.
Photo: Kim Weston Arnold/Indigitalimages.com4/10Altuzzara
**Joseph Altuzarra’**s sweet tropes—gingham and pearls—were delivered lightly and provocatively. In a show of fragile strength, he embraced the new looser silhouettes as well as his signature curvilinear look.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com5/10Erdem
In the standout show of London, Erdem gave Victoriana a buttoned-up sensuality of lace and botanical prints, before migrating into alluring feathered evening dresses with a ramped-up romanticism.