For Givenchy’s Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear collection, the luxury label stripped it all back. Focusing on the elegance of simplicity and sophistication, Artistic Director Matthew M. Williams looked to both the codes of the heritage house and the real wardrobes of the modern women around him.

Pairing precise tailoring and delicate fabrications with bold haute couture-influenced silhouettes, Williams and his team designed a collection that is all about the details. Precise hemlines, soft structures, and single pearls, stood out, though it was the use of florals that truly commanded our attention.

Presenting Hubert de Givenchy’s archival motif in new variations, florals served as the base for the collection’s colour palette and surface design techniques. Seen in embroideries and hand-painted motifs, as well as in prints on chiffon, taffeta, organza, the flower was the star of the show — an elegant reminder of the beauty of both Givenchy’s past and the contemporary climate of today.

From patchwork fabrications to eye-catching opera coats, the pieces felt like a breath of fresh air, floating with a calm confidence down the grounds of L’École Militaire. Presented within the billowing fabrics and lightweight steel of Gabriel Calatrava’s urban-scale sculpture, the SS24 collection was a simple yet effective portrayal of elegance in the modern age.

See some of the key looks…