Céline embraced a languid softness for the FW 2016 season, shown in the ready-to-wear through fluid unstructured garments. Among them was a series of dresses made in lustrous liquid satin, all of them intriguingly worn over trousers.

The manner by which Céline employs satin on these dresses is through embracing the potential pitfalls of its use, and incorporating them as functional and visual features. Satin’s proneness to puckering and tendency to quickly crease upon initial use is adapted as pronounced vertical ruching, pressed into linear creases on the front. This allows for a flattering relaxed fit, while highlighting the fabric’s high-gloss finish. Wrinkling is harnessed as a textural element on the midi-length skirt.

On this sleeveless v-neck dress, a side slit allows one to achieve the wrinkling through some simple twisting and knotting, as shown on similar dresses on the Céline runway. On the opposite side is an inseam pocket.

Céline’s approach permits a highly practical and nonchalant way of wearing the dress, eliminating the need for ironing or any worry of further creasing, as these innate material imperfections are encouraged with use.