Posted: Jul. 17th, 2012 | Comments 0 | Make a Comment |
![]() Photo Courtesy of Anne Valérie Hash Luxury designer Anne Valérie Hash has once again impressed us this year with her collections in haute couture and ready-to-wear, which include some stylistic consistencies and fresh new elements. Every season I am pleasantly surprised with the details of her cuts, draping, and color combinations, and I become more drawn to her. Since my interview with the designer, I now understand the use of manly traits and realize how apropos her name is with the hallucinogen, due to those unique color combinations, a Dali-like melting look of the designs, and androgynous style. With le smoking as her main inspiration this season, you too will become intoxicated with Hash.
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Hash is known for obvious masculine features softened with femininity, so it is fitting that her inspiration for Fall-Winter 2012/2013 was the suit, a.k.a. le smoking, as made famous by Yves Saint Laurent versions in the 60’s. “I keep on balancing a masculine style with a feminine attitude,” Hash explains, “the masculine aspect enhancing femininity.” You will notice this throughout all four Hash labels; Haute Couture, AVHASHBY, and label Anne Valerie Hash, which includes a line for young girls. |
For her Spring/Summer collection this year, Hash was very brave in her color combinations appropriately named Blue Tangerine. It is courageous to juxtapose the bold Yves Klein blue with a crisp orange, equally deep in pigment. Blue Tangerine is dedicated to the ten-year anniversary of the label, which Hash calls “a journey to maturity.” If only all women could mature as gracefully as Hash, who explains, “For this collection, I started with a new color palette experimenting with tangerine, Klein blue, and pomegranate, associated with tones dear to our House such as powder, sand and smoky blue. I have put the wardrobe together with delicate fabrics such as cotton chiffons, linen voiles, silk and taffetas.” |
The feminist fashionista describes her evolution: “When I started my company, I was feeling young and vulnerable. I guess that’s the reason why I started working on men’s clothes. The fabrics of a masculine wardrobe (wool, cashmere, etc.) are reassuring and protective. I think working on men’s garments helped me to grow and to feel stronger in the fashion industry. Femininity entered little by little in my collections. Subtly, I started playing with lace, silk and muslin in pale skin tones. There, I found my balance, and I am now fully expressing myself, acting rather than reacting, choosing and not being imposed.” |
“Of course, Haute Couture inspires me when I design my ready-to-wear collections,” states Hash. This explains why her ready-to-wear makes me feel like I am wearing haute couture, with its uniqueness and superb fabrics. I loved, for instance, the way the sheer chiffon wrapped around the neck and draped along the torso seen on blouses this season. This topped off with the reinvented le smoking, where “the shoulder line melts into a loose form of letting go.” Those are the details I refer to as Dali-like. “I also like to mix avant-garde pieces together with traditional looks, or the other way around. This is the way I see fashion.” |
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