Givenchy Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Amer­i­can Splen­dor–Givenchy cre­ative direc­tor Ric­cardo Tisci looked to the stars and stripes to dress his uni­form for the sea­son. Mino­taurs tamed, Givenchy’s men paraded down the run­way with dec­o­rated hoop in nose. From somber black ensem­bles, dressed with a ver­sion of the Amer­i­can flag to skirts and knits adorned with stars, the season’s theme came loud and strong. Revis­it­ing past col­lec­tions and bor­row­ing their stand­out pieces, rang­ing from leg­gings to boots, the new fac­tor was lim­ited, but embell­ish­ment in full effect. Embrac­ing an earthy brown, Givenchy toiled with mosaic prints when not run­ning its gam­ble through red, blue and white. Encrusted with studs, sequins and stars, the con­ver­gence of sharp tai­lor­ing and sports­wear was at once the same Givenchy of recent mem­ory that has dom­i­nated the hiphop landscape.