Courrèges RTW’24 – Emotional balance, a hand in the pocket 

A universe of pleasures made up of innovative shapes, Courrèges Fall RTW 2024 invites us to the personal space of naughtiness on a breathing stage.

Nicolas Di Felice takes a concept and builds on it, until perfection. The designer reflects the duality of precision and subversion in a manner that balances the House’s venturesome heritage with the designer’s underground approach. Lust, pleasure, perverseness boils down to create core values of the collection.

The show takes place in a blank, white scenery, supported with white columns. First look comes out, an all black look in a sharp silhouette draws our attention from the stillness of the scene to the flow of clothes. Right after, the same look comes in a different colorway, expressing contrast and showcasing details. Four-buttoned overcoats and technical fabrics wrap the models, turning them into literal eye candy. 

Consisting highly from neutral and earth colors the collection takes the attention to designs and the intricate process of making designs. Strapless tops with no backs, give an undone and personal feel. Neo-gothic fabrics, colors and cuts were met with contemporary twists to create the brand’s signature feel. Talking about signatures, Nicolas Di Felice’s uncanny and implicit take on fetishes. Expressed with models hands going through pockets that reach down to crotches. Naughtiness is contagious. 

Arms often mismatch each other in the looks delving deeper into the asymmetric aesthetic. This detail match with the pockets in front translates how chaos is ordered to maintain a standout image. Sheer dresses, tiny tops, fully opened zipper arm details showcase the brands obsession with showing skin, and finding comfort in doing it. 

Most of the looks were matched with the “Holy Bag” , a clean-cut circular bag reworked from the house’s archive. Sitting on top of the shoulders of models, this perfectly circular shape blends with the distortion of the collection.