Givenchy S/S 16

Givenchy brought its Parisian haute cool flair to New York Fashion Week for the spring-summer 2016 show season at Pier 26 on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Celebrating the opening of Givenchy’s new Manhattan boutique,Tisci rolled out the best, highlighting his strength in clean tailoring with a somber color palette. Beside the wonderful collection, Riccardo Tisci tapped Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic to create a surreal environment complete with live performances and eccentric happenings, and asked multimedia/installation artist Marco Brambilla to capture every inch of the magic using virtual reality technology never before used to document a fashion show. For her latest live performance, Marina Abramovic crafted a set from recycled materials to eliminate waste. She used powerful live music from six different religions as the show’s soundtrack and she gave the entire evening a contemplative core thanks to her aforementioned living art pieces.