IN PHOTOS: Olivier Saillard – Fashion in Motion

This took place last Friday at the V&A museum. It was a catwalk show but not your usual one as rather than focus on costumes, it sought to explore the expressions and poses of the models as they evolved over history. So it was not about the costumes but the models and their impact on catwalk shows. Olivier Saillard is a museum director and curator, responsible for creating the shows during Paris Couture week. For this special show at the V&A, he used five established models who are well known in France. The models were: Claudia Huidobro, Axelle Doue, Anne Rohart, Amalia Vairelli and Violeta Sanchez. I believe they are all former top models from the eighties and nineties. They may be former top models but these ladies still know how to do it well, and with elegance. No doubt about that. It was an enjoyable show.

Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion
Olivier Saillard - Fashion in Motion

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6 Comments

  • January 26, 2012

    Jessyca Dearnley

    Incredibly beautiful. Love your photography as always xxxx

  • January 26, 2012

    Jessie in Fashion Limbo

    I remember my first year of secondary education and one of the fewer friends I had worked as a model during her free time. She once showed us how she walked the catwalk, and I will never forget it. The way in which she suddenly “transformed” into a model, walking in long strides, with such a fluidity of movements. It really was something, to me, extraordinary, such grace, almost as a dance. Loved these pictures by the way :)

  • January 27, 2012

    Kylie

    This is so beautiful, stunning photo’s.  I hope I am half as glamorous as these ladies when I am their age.  Interesting poses and contorting the body can make such the difference in the photo. Wish I had known about this show, something I would have been interested to see :)

  • February 8, 2012

    Anastasia & Duck

    Oh wow I wish I’d seen this! I still haven’t made it to any of the Fashion In Motion events…some day! It’s funny that the way models move has changed over the years. I love looking back at videos from the 80s and 90s to see how they girls vamped.  I kind of wish they still did that rather than just walk in a straight line!

  • February 9, 2012

    Jai'me Jan

    I feel the same way!  Those models used to inject some personality along the catwalk – something that is missing today.  It made the shows a lot more enjoyable.  Not sure why it was phased out.

  • February 13, 2012

    Anastasia & Duck

    I guess during the late 90s the clothes were all about minimalism and simplicity and the designers thought the ethereal waif look worked better with that.  But fashion has moved on and I feel like the designers/casting people have got stuck in a modelling rut.  And menswear is always: walk as quickly as possible to the end of the catwalk and back, get off stage as fast as you can :-/

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