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Clare Waight Keller proved she’s a rare creative force with a sublime display at Givenchy. Could it be the best couture show of the season so far?

The British designer, who until 2017 had never touched couture, produced a jaw-dropping collection that demonstrated a surprising mastery.
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Black latex leggings shimmered like an oil slick to begin the collection and introduce a textural contrast against an elderberry-coloured architectural bar jacket with one single white lapel. It looked like a bolt of lightning.

If a bolt of lightning was meant as a visual metaphor for the 42-piece collection, it was fitting.

Waight Keller’s couture danced from delicate white feathers on a pearly strong-shouldered bustier to the humour of a black couture rucksack with batwing ruffles.

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The artistry of a multicolour-fringe clown-like creation with a Maleficent-style ruff led on to a black embellished “jelly fish” dress with cinched waist and pink tulle skirt that spilled ribbons like tentacles.

Some editors have pointed out that the woman who worked for Chloe from 2011-2017 to make saleable but ultimately forgettable designs seems to be a completely different person to the one we see today at Givenchy.

It’s the beginning of something special in Paris fashion.


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Sparkling accessories, pearly bustiers and soft feathers embellished Clair Waight Keller’s designs for Givenchy haute couture at Paris Fashion Week. Photo: AFP

TOPSHOT - A model presents a creation by Givenchy during the 2019 Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection fashion show in Paris, on January 22, 2019. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

A model presents a creation by Givenchy during the 2019 Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection fashion show in Paris, on January 22, 2019. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

(190122) -- PARIS, Jan. 22, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A model presents a creation of Givenchy during the Haute Couture 2019 Spring/Summer collection show in Paris, France, on Jan. 22, 2019. (Xinhua/Piero Biasion)

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Britain's Prince Harry (left) and his wife Meghan Markle – wearing a Givenchy wedding dress created by its British artistic director Clare Waight Keller – kiss after their wedding ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, England, on Saturday. Photo: AP

Clare Waight Keller, designer at Givenchy, holds sketches as she gives an interview the day after Meghan Markle walked down the aisle of St George's Chapel in Windsor and married Prince Harry wearing the dress that she created, in Kensington Palace, London, Britain, May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry kiss on the steps of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle following their wedding in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London, England, Saturday, May 19, 2018. (Danny Lawson/pool photo via AP)

Clare Waight Keller of the French fashion house Givenchy, holds a piece of lace during an interview at Kensington Palace in London, Sunday May 20, 2018. Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy is the master British designer behind the sleek silk boat-necked gown and long billowing veil worn by Meghan Markle as she walked down the nave of St. George's Chapel for her wedding to Prince Harry (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)

Clare Waight Keller of the French fashion house Givenchy, poses for a portrait at Kensington Palace in London, Sunday May 20, 2018. Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy is the master British designer behind the sleek silk boat-necked gown and long billowing veil worn by Meghan Markle as she walked down the nave of St. George's Chapel for her wedding to Prince Harry (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)

Clare Waight Keller of the French fashion house Givenchy, holds sketches during an interview at Kensington Palace in London, Sunday May 20, 2018. Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy is the master British designer behind the sleek silk boat-necked gown and long billowing veil worn by Meghan Markle as she walked down the nave of St. George's Chapel for her wedding to Prince Harry (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)

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