Givenchy Couture: Arty And Andean (Fashion Wire Daily)

Paris - Givenchy couture took a tour of the Andes this week in Paris, as the houses creative director Riccardo Tisci sent out a phalanx of models in alpaca en route on a motorbike tour of Peru.

These were Chez Guevaras wealthy grand nieces in perfecto biker jackets lined in alpaca and hefty tobacco hued pants, ideal for riding sidesaddle on the revolutionarys Norton 500 motorcycle La Poderosa, or The Mighty One. Incan princesses in sleeveless mink blousons, waxed leather redingotes and lambskin shirts; tough romantic chic at its best.

Tiscis Latin America, like the couturier, is religiously obsessed so asymmetrical robes are sexy yet that tad demure.

Models took jaunts in Zig Zag Peruvian pattern pants suits, and native peoples bulbous hats in this show, staged in a medieval convent, whose floor was covered in scraps of wood bark.

One stunning semi-sheer white organza column with a broken geometric pattern made of twisted organza and beads showed a master couturier at work, and rightly drew a burst of applause.

For evening, Tisci injected his quotient of sex, climaxing with a finale of more biker jackets, though this time worn over see-through tulle dresses, the better to admire the slimmest of bottoms.

Riccardos clothes are not an easy wear; his is such a singular vision it may always been a minority report. But his view of fashion is so dramatic and beautifully pure that hes guaranteed to win his place among the Pantheon of couturiers.