In the moments before Sarah Burton’s sophomore offering for Givenchy, Jenna Ortega and Gwendoline Christie gave us a teaser in the form of two soon-to-show looks. First, Ortega arrived in a sheer red gown overflowing with ruffles at the neckline. Then Christie walked in wearing an expertly tailored shirt and skirt, a deeply romantic take on suiting that felt both powerful and incredibly feminine. It turned out these were the exact words Burton herself used to describe the collection: powerful femininity. The showing was all about giving life to feminine archetypes through considered explorations of tailoring, gowns, and states of undress.

It worked to Burton’s profound strengths. “It started with peeling back the structure of tailoring to reveal skin and a sense of lightness and ease,” sa

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