Nina Ricci SS24 at Paris Fashion Week

Nina Ricci SS24 / Spring Summer 2024 at Paris Fashion Week

For the Nina Ricci Spring Summer 2024 collection, Creative Director Harris Reed imagined day-to-day attire for the modern Nina Ricci client – a glamorous figure with a full dance card. Pivoting from the show-stopping eveningwear of last season’s debut, this second outing lays the foundations of a complete wardrobe – interpreted by Harris with typical exuberance and playfulness.

The Nina Ricci SS24 collection celebrates the joyful pastime of dress-ups, as mined from childhood memories of trying on his mother’s clothes and rummaging through the rich Nina Ricci archives. There is the sense of creating a moment without needing an occasion. A tonic for the mundane.

In the spirit of the House codes, sumptuous evening wear remains a pillar, grounded by a raft of elegantly-cut tailoring – oversized blazers, rakish velvet tuxedos, short trench coats – and everyday separates, such as denim, bandeau tops, skater skirts and sweet baby doll and shift dresses.

Overall, for Nina Ricci SS24 silhouette offers a paeon to femininity in all forms and expressions, embodied by a diverse cast of individuals. High-waisted pants, mini shorts and skirts, and glam 70s hourglass gowns accentuate the waist and plunging sweetheart necklines highlight the decolletage. Even the suiting flirts with sensuality, with blazers left unbuttoned and tailored waistcoats that feature revealing low-draped backs. Hemlines soar or skim the floor, while platform shoes add height and confidence.

Couture fabrics, like the duchess satin emblematic to Nina Ricci, tweed, and lace, are refreshed by modern cuts and treatments. Leather separates, emboldened by metallic coating or animal prints, are mixed with a saccharine palette of icy pinks and blues and the timelessness of black and white. The fun is in the details: outsized bows add outré adornment. Long evening gloves are embraced from dusk till dawn.

COLLABORATION WITH CHARLOTTE TILBURY

The beauty look of Nina Ricci for the Spring Summer 2024 presentation has been created in collaboration with the British luxury make-up and skincare brand Charlotte Tilbury. Creating a signature look for the models, Charlotte and her team of international make-up artists bring their signature glamour to the fluid romanticism of the collection.

ABOUT HARRIS REED

Harris Reed joined the Maison as Creative Director for ready-to-wear, accessories and fragrance in September 2022. The British-American designer and Central Saint Martins graduate made his name in London with his eponymous demi-couture label, which celebrates the beauty of fluidity with designs that create conversations. An influential figure within a new generation of zeitgeist-defining young creatives, he was honoured by the British Fashion Council as one of 15 Leaders of Change at the Fashion Awards 2022. His designs have been worn by bold-faced cultural icons, including Harry Styles, Florence Pugh, Adele, Solange Knowles and Emma Watson.

ABOUT NINA RICCI

Since its inception in Paris by Maria “Nina” Ricci and her son Robert Ricci in 1932, Nina Ricci has represented bold and optimistic femininity. Channelling an independent, powerful and artistic sensibility encapsulated by the storied fragrance ‘L’Air du Temps’, created in 1948, the Maison encourages individuals to flourish and feel their best. Archive symbols including the Three Graces, doves, apples and flowers combine with contemporary craftsmanship to pave the way for talented designers to continue to shape the house. With 27-year-old Creative Director Harris Reed, the Maison welcomes the youngest creative mind in its history to bring a fresh perspective to Nina Ricci’s legacy.