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The Run-Through with Vogue

Everything You Need to Know about Couture: Balenciaga’s Joan of Arc, Valentino “Jeans,” and Cardi B as MVP

The Run-Through with Vogue

Vogue

Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.2724 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Chloe and Chioma talk to Vogue’s Nicole Phelps about the latest couture shows. Couture “denim” (actually a fabric called gazar!), flat shoes, and shows on Parisian streets: is couture becoming 24/7-wear?!

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0:00.0

This is The Run Through with Vogue.

0:06.1

I'm Chloe Mal.

0:07.8

And I'm Czemanardi.

0:09.7

And we've got a shorty episode this week.

0:12.4

We're joined by our colleague, Nicole Phelps, the global director of Vogue Runway.

0:16.5

She's back again, actually, second week, to discuss Couture Week.

0:20.1

Good morning, Nicole. Welcome back. Two weeks in a row,

0:22.7

we are so, so blessed. I'm the lucky one. Thank you for having me. It is an early morning,

0:29.5

the last day of Couture. Well, I've been watching remotely, and I think you miss a lot

0:34.5

remotely when you look at Couture because obviously Couture is about

0:38.4

handwork so often and it pays to be to be really up close. And that was interesting about the

0:46.3

John Paul Gautier show that Julian Dacina did because the audience was very, very close to the model.

0:51.7

Oh, really? That's always my favorite fashion show and you can feel the the dress sort of like, you know, breeze against your knees because it just

0:58.1

feels so vital. Yeah. And Sarah Moher remarked on that in the room. It gave you a sense of what he

1:05.3

was trying to do, I think, which was to, you know, prop up and champion John Paul Gautier's way of looking at the street and really

1:14.5

taking inspiration from real life.

1:17.6

That was Julian D'Sada's first show for Gautier?

1:20.5

He is a guest designer.

1:22.9

There's a program of guest designers at John Paul Gautier.

1:26.1

Oh, I didn't realize that.

1:27.3

Okay.

1:27.6

And he is the fifth in a long line.

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