In an ever-evolving fashion landscape, where trends and cores rise and fall out of favor at rapid rates, the below Guillaume Millet/Marie Claire International editorial exists at the intersection of tradition and innovation. Its Spring 2024 outfits may echo the past with graceful Victorian-era lace, vibrant roaring swing dresses, and refined ladylike gloves—but they also pay homage to fashion's hopeful future, calling on novel new shapes, technically engineered fabrics, and unusual patterns.
Against the glorious backdrop of Paris' Institut National D'Historie De L'Art (INHA), a prestigious research institute that seeks to bring artistic learnings from history into the current moment, these photographs echo that juxtaposition of past and present. "We live surrounded by images," notes INHA director Éric de Chassey. "But to understand them, we must first begin to read them."
