AMONG THE POWERFUL LINES AND MASSES OF URBAN STRUCTURES, THE CLEAN LINES AND SUBTLE STRENGTH OF THE CHRISTOPHE JOSSE FALL WINTER COLLECTION MINGLE AND TAKE SHAPE IN A SURE  COMBINATION.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SURROUNDINGS AND DRESSES ECHO EACH OTHER WITH PALPABLE SKILL. AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF ROUGH CONCRETE, THE HARMONIOUS SILHOUETTE OF A GIRL IN A MAN’S SHIRT AND HIGH-WAISTED TROUSERS, WITH THE PROFILE OF A GREEK MEDALLION, STANDS OUT IN COUNTERPOINT TO A TIMELESS MODERNITY.

PURE LINES ARE UNDERPINNED BY THE EXPERTISE OF EXTRAORDINARY CRAFTSPEOPLE (EMBROIDERERS, ACCESSORY ARTISTS, GLASS-BLOWERS AND BELT-MAKERS) AND EXQUISITE MATERIALS LIKE SATIN LEATHER, FAILLE, TAFFETA, GAZAR, INLAID ANTIQUE LACE AND FAILLE HIGHLIGHTED WITH CRYSTALS.

EVERYTHING IS A MUTUAL RESPONSE, WITH PLAY ON CONTRASTS BETWEEN MATT AND SHINY MATERIALS IN A ELEGANT, RESTRAINED, PRECISE RANGE OF METICULOUSLY CHOSEN COLOURS. A WHITE CREPE DRESS WITH A COLLAR AND YOKE IN SATIN LEATHER; A FAILLE JACKET WITH A CONTRASTING WOOL, ALPACA AND MOHAIR TRIM COLLAR…

ON MAGNIFICENT TIME-WORN FLAGSTONES, A GIRL STEPS OUT IN SANDALS WITH BLOWN GLASS MEDALLIONS SET OFF BY GOLD-RINGED CORDS. HUGE MIRRORS IN THE WINDOWS REFLECT THE IMAGE OF HER GRACEFUL FIGURE. ON THE BACK OF HER SHIRT, A STAR SPORTING IRIDESCENT CRYSTALS SETS THE SKY ABLAZE WITH A MYRIAD SPARKLING LIGHTS.

ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF CHRISTOPHE JOSSE