While every season we dip into our archives to see what fashion looked like 20 years ago, it turns out there’s deep lore attached to the spring 2007 shows. Nicolas Ghesquière gave us robot leggings at Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen presented his gothic floral dresses, and Christopher Kane had his fluorescent debut, among other runway delights.
The designer roster was stacked on this particular walk down memory lane: Christophe Decarnin was in at Balmain, Peter Dundas at Emanuel Ungaro, Bella Freud at Biba, Jean Paul Gaultier at Hermès, Clare Waight Keller at Pringle of Scotland, Tomas Maier at Bottega Veneta, Stefano Pilati at Saint Laurent, and Raf Simons at Jil Sander, to name just a few notable appointments.
Trendwise, there was a lot of pantsless dressing balanced by ever-present prep (see Ralph Lauren, Paul Smith, and, surprisingly, Dsquared2); a fascination with tech (see Chalayan’s crystal morphing pieces, Versace’s dress in C-3PO gold metal, and Narciso Rodriguez’s armorlike molded bustier); hyper-romanticism (Roberto Cavalli, Rodarte), some sportiness (Y-3, DKNY) and ’40s and ’80s nostalgia. Gucci celebrated 85 years, Jean Paul Gaultier 30. Overall, this was a season to remember.
