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Chanel Haute Couture bride Fall/Winter 2009

So this is what it looks like in Anna Wintour’s closet!

Lagerfeld created an army of Wintourettes in shades of grey sparked with the occasional shot of rosy color — a very classic and grown-up collection from Chanel.

I’ll skip the commentary as there is plenty of it in the video from the Chanel haute couture runway show below.

Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2009

The haute couture creations that John Galliano has done for Christian Dior have been over the top in the most fabulous way, but this season, he pulled the reigns back a bit to create one of his most covet-worthy collections yet.

The 1920’s-era cloche hats? Divine.

Transparent gowns with peek-a-boo panties? More please.

Hair and makeup? Ah-mazing.

Galliano drew influences from Christian Dior’s 1947 New Look, taking structured cuts and remixing them with leather and studs and washes of color. He gave us exaggerated corsets and peplums on everything — coats, day and evening dresses, and even over a sherbet colored gown that teased with a hint of leg under the transparent skirt.

Kudos to makeup maven Pat McGrath for the tranny-fierce over-arched brows that models rocked with their faces pulled tight to make a cat-like eye enhanched by winged eyeliner. Heavy brows and blood red lips next season? Love it!

Photo credit: IHT

Touches of Yves Saint Laurent could be found all over the Paris haute couture runways — like in the big white bowties and sleek pantsuits at Armani.

Roger Vivier designer, Bruno Frisoni, payed homage to Saint Laurent with this pair of black stilettos bearing a black bow on the toe and a wheat motif like the sheaves that dressed the designer’s coffin.

I’m gushing over how totally gorge these are!

Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2009

Armani’s signature is classic, elegant clothes and he doesn’t stray from that, even for the more experimental haute couture shows. For some (like me), that can be a major yawnfest. But for the woman who needs a few special event dresses every season, it’s comforting that his clothes are so very wearable and accessible.

With not a lot of color (black, white, the occasional dusky tones) and flash; at first glance, the clothes seem very safe. However, the devil is in the details. Once you see the clothes up close, you notice subtle bits of awsomeness — a blouse made entirely of pearls or an evening dress cut to expose one breast hidden with a shoulder-slung cape (see it…1, 2).

This is a haute couture collection that will sell well but it certainly isn’t breaking any new ground.

A lot of focus has been on the lack of ethnic (read: black) models in the fashion biz, but other ethnic models are just as hard to find.

Of the handful of Asian models on the runway, Du Juan is at the pinnacle. She was crowned Miss China in 2003 but broke into the fashion big-time in 2006 when she walked in the Paris haute couture shows. She was the first Asian model to cover French Vogue and last year, closed the Fendi show at the Great Wall of China.

The IMG-repped supermodel has also done ad campaigns for Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, and appears in the latest GAP campaign for the limited-edition white shirts designed by CFDA winnders.

A lot of people may still call Du Juan an “up and coming” model, but in my opinion, the Shanghai-stunner has already arrived.

Du Juan closes the Fendi show at the Great Wall of China