FROM THE MAGAZINE

Flow State: This Season’s Haute Couture Takes On a New Fluidity

With expertly draped fabrics that swirl and enhance the body, fashion’s top couturiers embrace freedom of movement.

Photographs by Jamie Hawkesworth
Styled by Joe McKenna
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Haute couture that swirls and skims over the body like water. Malgosia Bela wears a Fendi Couture dr...
Haute couture that swirls and skims over the body like water. Malgosia Bela wears a Fendi Couture dress.

Malgosia Bela wears a Fendi Couture dress.

Fendi Couture dress.

Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture jumpsuit.

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Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture jumpsuit.

Jean Paul Gaultier Couture by Julien Dossena dress.

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Valentino Haute Couture dress.

Valentino Haute Couture dress.

Jean Paul Gaultier Couture by Julien Dossena dress.

Armani Privé skirt and shoes; Giorgio Armani top.

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Valentino Haute Couture dress.

Dior Haute Couture cardigan, dress, necklace, and sandals; vintage hat from 20 Age Archive, Paris.

Hair by Anthony Turner at Jolly Collective; makeup by Thom Walker for Givenchy Beauty at Art+Commerce; manicure by Ama Quashie for Dr. Barbara Sturm at Streeters. Set design by Olivia Elias. Model: Malgosia Bela at DNA Model Management. Casting by Piergiorgio Del Moro and Samuel Ellis Scheinman at DM Casting.

Produced by Holmes Production; photo assistants: Cecilia Byrne, George Hutton, Felix Falcknaess; lab: Rapid Eye; retouching: Simon Thistle; fashion assistant: John Handford; hair assistant: John Allan; makeup assistant: Samanta Falcone; set design assistant: Rafe Hamilton.

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