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Manish Arora Spring / Summer 2015

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Véronique Leroy autumn—winter 1998—99.

Véronique Leroy, who works in Paris, won the Gouden Spoel (Golden Spindle) competition in 1989. She was the first and only non-graduate of the Antwerp Fashion Academy (she studied at Studio Berçot in Paris) to win this prestigious award. After her studies she worked for a while as an assistant to Azzedine Alaïa and Martine Sitbon. In 1991 she presented her first collection.

Véronique Leroy has developed her own signature, with seemingly relaxed radicalness and an aversion to trends and avant-garde. Her designs are just incredibly feminine and sexy. She stands for radical, ‘unguarded’ elegance, and she always went, already in times when fashion was still dictated by minimalism, for an uncompromising ‘sensuel de l’éclat’ (the sensuality of brilliancy). 

She converts anything which ‘better’ taste labels vulgar into ‘sublimely vulgar’. She replaces ‘noble’ materials with common ones, which she elevates in her creations by treating them just as respectfully. She uses materials like lurex, vinyl, polyester and fake fur, or synthetic leather-imitations, superimposing prints that feature from predators to marsupials. 

And goes on to add bright colours, such as pink, apple green and gold. The finish? As perfect as perfect can be. To quote the last paragraph of a poem that Stéphanie Cohen wrote about her: Her soul is not black, her skin not white./She is full of colours, way off trends/Her life is not clear, her fashion not a rose,/her tongue is rather clear, for the one that can hear. 

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Salvatore Ferragamo FW 2021

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“Night Shifts” Linda Evangelista by Glen Luchford for Vogue UK, December 1994

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Yoshiki Hishinuma (1997)

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'a manish arora s/s 07 design' in textiles and fashion - jenny udale (2008)

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Stella Cadente rtw F/W 1999

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Jean Paul Gaultier fall/winter (1994)

a continuation of Gaultier’s 'les tatouages' s/s 94' collection which björk made a surprise appearance on the runway, bewildering references that included men in skirts, hip-hop denim volumes, joan of arc–style armor, tattoo trompe l’oeil tops and yes, even corsets. a very controversial and bold approach to indian and african tribal nods played a significant role in this fierce outing of models.

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backstage at selkie

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dilara findikoglu rtw autumn 2o25, london .

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alena akhmadulina - fw09

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Robert Wun Fall/Wint 2024

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Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2003

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'the bride allows a glimpse of the luxurious eroticism of her wedding lingerie + picture hat by basia zarzycka' in i do: 100 years of wedding fashions - caroline cox (2002)

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Jeremy Scott S/S 1999 via cottonblanc

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antonio berardi ss03

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'spring loaded' by carla di fonzo, 1990 in brahaus - samuele mazza (1992)