ELEGANCE AND FUTURISM IN SUMMER PROPOSALS

* Spring-Summer 2018 collections of Chanel, Valentino and "Christian Dior"

Liliya Zheleva

The summer is in full swing and despite the constant rains in recent times, the fashion industry has managed to impress us with fresh and attractive proposals, bringing the breath of summer. Spring to Summer 2018 Christian Dior and Valentino's ready-to-wear collections, as well as the Chanel cruise collection, bring hot emotions and colorful mood notes.

Chanel is definitely one of the brands that impresses with its season decisions - stylish, refined outfits inspired by ancient Greece and mythology. The garments are in the typical for the brand cuts and volumes. Clean coats, short skirts, body fittings, and long beach-style dresses in ethnic style are Karl Lagerfeld's vision of the summer. The dresses are with a deep neckline, made of light fabric and cut into certain parts. The skirts are combined with a bustier or top in the same color and print.

Interesting is the combination of wide shirts with long summer skirts and a jacket with shorts and a stylish full swimsuit with a transparent ethereal long robe. The materials are tweed, silk, flax, cotton and others. Colors are old gold, different shades of blue, peach, cream, green, beige, many floral and ethnic prints, and the typical Chanel box. The silhouettes are straight and clean, and the volumes are consistent with the female forms. The accessories are small necklaces, complementing the color of the toilet, ethnic jewelry - bracelets, necklaces and various shaped and decorated tiaras. The shoes are of the "sandal" type in a variety of colors and with knuckles.

Christian Dior, headed by designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, offers an attractive combination of gentle feminism and brilliant personality. The collection is in French style and offers many of the familiar combinations in a fashionable and interesting way. For example, combining a wide waistband with a high waist and an adherent blouse, as well as a short pleated skirt over the knee with a shirt and ankle, are presented in up-to-date style and with very fine detail. Interesting are college-to-knee socks that are featured in sporty-slim shorts.

One of the new trends for the season is short pants and a transparent skirt on them - we can see this with many performers this summer. The silhouettes are extremely pure and feminine, emphasizing the woman's strong and bold expression. The fabrics are leather, cotton, flax, chiffon, silk and denim. The colors are mainly black and white, as well as blue, red and baby pink. The collection abounds with interesting applications, sequins and extravagant solutions. The accessories are typical French hats-bombs, long necklaces and mini bags.

The proposals of the Valentino fashion house for the spring-summer season 2018 bring us into the world of fantastic and futuristic - an escape from reality, which offers us plenty of colors, shapes and volumes. The collection is varied and offers numerous combinations of trousers with top, top in combination with a wide dress-skirt of fringe, asymmetrical blouses with sports jackets on them, from which strange protruding pockets, Interesting are the double-necked models - the bottom is around the neck and the upper one descends deeper. The short free-falling fairy dresses seem to be patched by several different pieces of cloth. Attractive dresses to the ground - transparent or sequential in the sequins - attract attention and make us stun with the exquisite cut that slides across the body. The collection is full of dresses, wide sweatshirts and wide pants, as well as dresses with fallen shoulders and tempting necklines. The colors are light shades of green, pink, blue, beige and purple, as well as mustard, black and white, peach, red, burgundy and others. The accessories are small bags over the shoulder and beautiful earrings with stones.

Photos:
1. - 4. Cruise collection spring-summer 2018 of Chanel.
Photo: http://www.vogue.co.uk/shows
5. - 9. Christian-Dior's ready-to-wear spring-summer 2018 collection.
Photo: http://www.vogue.co.uk/shows
10. - 14. Spring-Summer 2018 ready-to-wear collection of Valentino.
Photo: http://www.vogue.co.uk/shows
Source: www.vogue.co.uk

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