26 Jaw-Dropping Dresses from Paris Haute Couture
Christian Dior Haute Couture
What makes this ecru fringe cocktail dress with floral raffia and thread embroidery worthy of haute couture status? The design is a Monsieur Dior original, and 1,900 hours of work went into creating this one dress! The headwear is hedgerow in silk flowers and corn. Do I need to say more? (Photo: Getty Images)
Christian Dior Haute Couture
This dress in a symphony of pleated and dégradé taupe-to-straw-colored tulle embroidered with a subtle summer symbols. (Photo: Getty Images)
Giambattista Valli Haute Couture
A Giambattista Valli Haute Couture dream! This gown has more yards of duchesse satin than most houses, more ruffles than one dares to imagine, and it’s the girliest and prettiest pink out there. (Photo: Getty Images)
Christian Dior Haute Couture
The official description of this dress is “sand-colored pleated tulle dress with spring-themed herbal-inspired embroidery. Fête champêtre garland in silk flowers, raffia & bees.” If that is not poetry, then we don’t know what is! (Photo: Getty Images)
Christian Dior Haute Couture
This pistachio silk tulle dress sprinkled with four-leaf-clover embroidery is straight out of a Shakespearean tale. (Photo: Getty Images)
Iris van Herpen Haute Couture
This is not an optical illusion; it’s pure technical skill and craftsmanship. (Photo: Getty Images)
Schiaparelli Haute Couture
A surrealist dream from Schiaparelli. (Photo: Getty Images)
Givenchy Haute Couture
Long dress in silk chiffon printed with a pink and red tartan pattern, delicate plissé soleil at the waist, neck and hem and embellished with red mirror-effect crystals. (Photo: Courtesy of Givenchy)
Givenchy Haute Couture
Long dress in nude illusion tulle embellished with rooster feathers, cut feathers, ostrich feathers, and pink bird of paradise feathers (Photo: Courtesy of Givenchy)
Chanel Haute Couture
A pink cocoon-shaped skirt with jeweled details all the way down to the hem is definitely Oscars-worthy. (Photo: Getty Images)
Giambattista Valli Haute Couture
If Cinderella wanted to a new dress, this Giambattista Valli ball gown is the one for her. (Photo: Getty Images)
Chanel Haute Couture
Take a closer look at the scalloped accents on the bustier and the delicate hand-stitched sequins that make this short Chanel cocktail dress one of a kind. (Photo: Getty Images)
Armani Privé
Giorgio Armani brings his signature high-octave glamour with a silk tulle cape over a cascading beaded gown. (Photo: Getty Images)
Giambattista Valli Haute Couture
This dress is a nice contrast to the big gowns with embellishment from Giambattista Valli. The short white lace dress with just the right amount of ruffles is enough to make every under-30 fashion fan scream, shout, or maybe just work hard to get the money to buy it. (Photo: Getty Images)
Ulyana Sergeenko Haute Couture
Natalia Voldianova opens the show in an 80s Helmut Newton inspired cocktail dress (Photo: Getty Images)
Valentino Haute Couture
Individual pieces of small disc size silks were hand sewn together to make this dusty pink gown (Photo: Getty Images)
Valentino Haute Couture
3-D floral cut-outs applied onto organza silk is a bridal dream!
Maison Margiela Haute Couture
Pure magic, made with black chiffon silk (Photo: Getty Images)
Maison Margiela Haute Couture
The drama! (Photo: Getty Images)
Elie Saab Haute Couture
A deep V knotted neckline dress in an icy blue hue is an exquisite way to open the show! (Photo: Getty Images)
Elie Saab Haute Couture
A classic Elie Saab dress – a beaded nude dream!
Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture
The dégradé tulle and the floral appliqué sewn together with gold stitching is couture perfection. (Photo: Getty Images)
Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture
A pink tulle Disney inspired Princess (Photo: Getty Images)
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The classic black jumpsuit reworked with a bow (Photo: Getty Images)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture
Jean Paul Gaultier’s couture version of the Hawaiian shirt is pretty damn stunning (photo: Getty Images)
Haute Couture Week is wrapping up in Paris, where the world’s most exquisite dresses are shown to very fortunate fashion editors and even more fortunate billionaires who can afford to buy these looks.
The clothes are made by expert hands with the best fabrics and trimmings in the world —in couture, the skill and craftsmanship that goes into a single pleat, hem, or sleeve can transform the silhouette of the wearer. So ahead, we’re celebrating the most inspirational fashion in the world. Here are the most beautiful dresses from couture.
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