Gary Poster, with essential assists from Galyn Norwood, Phiroon Phihakendr, Jose Quijada, Pavandeep Kalra. You don't hear it so much now, because the excitement has returned to the salons. Or slink into a filament of black cocktail lace, light as a silk slip, from Chanel. Or a jacket from Yves Saint Laurent that updates the art of embroidery to about 2020.
Sales are up.
At Christian Lacroix, they have tripled. At Balmain, they've risen by one half. Chanel's sales results hark back to the good old days of the 1950s. One source for the excitement over couture is the camera, the same thing that launched Coco Chanel with her simple lines as the first modern designer. Fussy detail, even when it involves exquisite embroidery, is not photogenic, as the Queen of England well knows.