Courrèges is known for its commitment to optimism, a uniting purpose which is needed more than ever in these uncertain times. From the impulse of a gesture, a hand wrapping fabric around the body, and a serpentine strip of coloured paper, Nicolas Di Felice maps the oblique patterns of ’One minute Courrèges’ silhouettes, captured in the urgency of a movement.
Twisting the construction of Courrèges archetypes at the seams - the trapeze mini, the tank top, the biker - this collection is shaped by slanted angles and asymmetric closures that shift the balance of heritage codes.
This season, an eclectic array of textures and trims play up the formality of everyday staples and invest them with the emotion a celebration. Opening dresses emerge from the blown-up dimensions of a confetti that curls around the body like a scarf. While giant ostrich feathers spring from waistlines and lapels, snap-button embroideries and confetti-speckled tweed heighten the collection’s fabrications. Like dashes in a sentence, linear sunglasses, redesigned from a Courrèges archive, punctuate the storyline and introduce a dynamic energy. A folded rectangle slit down the middle, the new Cuff Bag is an oblong shoulder bag that can also be slipped over the wrist like a bracelet.
Approaching the runway like a place to unite, to gather - a safe space for joy and togetherness - Nicolas Di Felice and scenography director Remy Brière compose an inverted sequence, an explosion of multicoloured confettis played in rewind. A white flag floating in high winds, the dual silhouette of a dove white mini embodies the hopeful imagination of a whirlwind revelry. Set to Erwan Sene and Nicolas Di Felice’s remix of Chantal’s club classic ‘The Realm’, an airborne choreography of confettis traces the outlines of an invisible room.
