ELLE's Top 10 Couture Moments

Christian Dior Couture S/S 2013

Dior
Silk, pale rose wedding dress and bonnet – the ultimate bridal gown. Raf Simons proving that the art of haute couture can look as crisp and relevant for today’s super-wealthy as it did in Christian Dior’s heyday. 

Chanel Couture S/S 2013

The Chanel set at the Grand Palais
There were many ‘gardens’ at couture this season (Dior, Valentino,) but Chanel’s, well, it was a forest of Holm Oaks and Scots Pines and with a wooden amphitheatre to seat guests. 

Sigourney Weaver at Christian Dior Couture S/S 2013

The statuesque Sigourney Weaver backstage.
Sorry, but it’s only our favourite superheroine! Backstage at Dior couture! Smiling and joking with Raf – what could they have been talking about? 

Chanel Couture S/S 2013 finale

Twin Brides at Chanel.
Not one but two brides at Chanel. ‘The child told the story!’ Karl Lagerfeld cackled referring to the young boy, also dressed in white, who appeared with his ‘mothers’.

Giambattista Valli Couture S/S 2013

Dreamiest Dress Award goes to Giambattista Valli
Look 42 said it all. Well, it said everything about Valli’s dreams of how couture should be: excessive, beautiful, sensitively crafted. Simply a knock out.

Atelier Versace S/S 2013

Kristen McMenamy opened the Atelier Versace show.
 Wowzas! Is the ice-haired model even more striking than she was in her supermodel 1990s heyday? We think so.