Olivier Theyskens She walks in beauty
Kaat Debo, Elisa De Wyngaert, Vanessa Friedman, Lydia Kamitsis, Wim Mertens
Rizzoli Electa, New York 2018, 272 pages, 22x30cm, ISBN 978-0-8478-6246-7
euro 38,00
The first complete monograph on Olivier Theyskens surveys his twenty-year career and documents the highly anticipated return of his eponymous label.
Olivier Theyskens’s refined sensibilities earned him international acclaim as the dark prince of late 1990s couture. From his first saturnine collections, to his new vision for Rochas, to his patterns and textiles at Nina Ricci, to his years designing for Theyskens’ Theory, the designer has proved himself a master of couture, semi-couture, and prêt-à-porter. Celebrated for his fine tailoring, romantic silhouettes, and gothic palette, Theyskens transforms each house he helms. This distinctive volume charts the twenty-year development of an extraordinary aesthetic vision, rendered across countries, cultures, and the shifting sands of the fashion landscape.
Newly commissioned texts connect the threads of the Belgian-born artist’s diverse practice. Drawings created for the publication accompany photography from each period of his career. At both Rochas and Nina Ricci, the designer crafted ethereal garments with unorthodox silhouettes, mixing sheer fabrics and old-world bustles with subtly subversive punk elements. Theyskens then broke ground in 2011 with his trailblazing partnership, Theyskens’ Theory. With a special focus on the designer’s return to the runway at the head of his own line, this is the definitive work on a fashion visionary who, like the girls he designs for, changes form, but walks in beauty wherever he goes.
10/11/23
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I'm not that anon who asked about Nina but I would kill for some alts of her too!
Nathalie Kelley (1985) Argentinian, Peruvian [Quechua, possibly other].
Jessica Lucas (1985) Black Canadian / European.
Alyssa Diaz (1985) Colombian / Mexican.
Aja Naomi King (1985) African-American.
Treechada Petcharat (1986) Thai - trans.
Cassie (1986) Afro-Vincentian, Afro-Anguillan, Mexican / Filipino.
Jenna Coleman (1986)
Italia Ricci (1986)
Monica Raymund (1986) Afro-Domincan / English, Ashkenazi Jewish - bisexual.
Tuppence Middleton (1987)
Daniella Pineda (1987) Mexican.
Jessica Marie Garcia (1987) Mexican, Cuban.
Teresa Ruiz (1988) Zapotec / Unspecified Mestizo.
Amiyah Scott (1988) African-American - trans.
Anna Diop (1988) Senegalese.
Summer Bishil (1988) Indian / Mexican, German, English, distant Dutch.
Taylor LaShae (1988) Comorian, French.
Úrsula Corberó (1989)
Phoebe Tonkin (1989)
Nafessa Williams (1989) African-American.
Kylie Bunbury (1989) Afro-Guyanese / Swedish, as well as Polish, English, and German.
Adelaide Kane (1990) - bisexual.
Aiysha Hart (1990) Saudi Arabian / English.
Sarah Hyland (1990)
Tristin Mays (1990) Creole [African, French, Unspecified Native American].
Sofia Black-D'Elia (1991) Ashkenazi Jewish / Italian.
Seychelle Gabriel (1991) Mexican, French / Italian, Sicilian.
Malese Jow (1991) Chinese / English, Scottish, Cherokee.
Poppy Drayton (1991)
KiKi Layne (1991) African-American.
Greta Onieogou (1991) Nigerian / Russian.
Hazar Ergüçlü (1991) Turkish.
Melisa Aslı Pamuk (1991) Turkish.
Tanaya Beatty (1991) Da’naxda’xw / Himalayan.
Patti Harrison (1991) Vietnamese / English, other - trans.
Demet Özdemir (1992) Turkish.
Zión Moreno (1992) Mexican - trans.
Dilraba Dilmurat (1992) Uyghur.
Maisie Richardson-Sellers (1992) Black English - queer.
Davika Hoorne (1992) Thai / Belgian.
Medalion Rahimi (1992) Iranian, Mizrahi Jewish - she/her/they.
Alia Bhatt (1993) Gujarati / Kashmiri, German.
Urassaya Sperbund (1993) Thai / Norwegian.
Maia Mitchell (1993)
Hande Erçel (1993) Turkish.
Kawennahere Devery Jacobs (1993) Mohawk - has chosen not to label her sexuality.
Beanie Feldstein (1993) Ashkenazi Jewish - has chosen not to label her sexuality.
Samantha Boscarino (1994) Italian, Ecuadorian, Scottish.
Bruna Mascarenhas (1994) Brazilian.
Bae Suzy (1994) Korean.
Maddison Jaizani (1995) Iranian / British.
Nicole Maines (1997) - trans.
Here ya go!
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