Givenchy Couture Show

Erotic turn-of-the-century paintings of imagined ancient rituals and the austere, attenuated ballet costumes of Pina Bausch kindled the beginnings of Givenchy couture. It could have routed Riccardo Tisci back to the dark place of the soul he so loves to explore, but he said he'd consciously pulled away from too much melancholia. It's not quite the time to lay on more agony, after all, and in any case, Tisci is aware of wanting to stretch himself: "It was a little bit of a step up for me, to challenge myself to use color and show more daywear, which is doing very well with clients."