After seeing this week in Paris, I dare to say that Haute Couture, with some exceptions, has never been in the doldrums like now. Today I'll be more scathing than usual and I'll bring you an overview of the Haute Couture SS14 collections.

ATELIER VERSACE

Grace Jones is the inspiration of Donatella Versace for the Atelier Versace couture line. Excessive and purely Versace style marked by tight and fluid dresses and bling-bling for powerful and sexy women. Lady Gaga, as a current face of the brand took the soundtrack and her attendance to nothing demurely and discreet show. SCHIAPARELLI

There was a buzz around the Schiaparelli Haute Couture collection by Marco Zanini but that has been it. I don't know why people in the industry pretend reviving dead brands but the result is no better than a micron part of the Elsa Schiaparelli legacy.
CHRISTIAN DIOR

Raf Simons, womenswear is not your bussines. Dior is lost with an unmotivated Raf Simons. If not, it's unexplainable this collection in which the clothes don't fit well at models. I adore Raf Simons work but honestly, this collection is a big NO. CHANEL

Dear Karl, you wanted to innovate and be avant-garde with an idea we have been seeing for the last 4 seasons. Sportswear fever has invaded everything but, There's necessary to include it in a Haute Couture collection? Yes, given that Haute Couture collections are the most deficit that exist in fashion, at least these sneakers will be sell like hotcakes. Karl Lagerfeld once agein proves his commercial intelligence. MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA

Maison Martin Margiela Haute Couture collections are a prove that Haute Couture is an art. As an art piece, you want to own it and collect it for expose it at your home. The brand as part of Diesel corp., with its Haute Couture collection, show a glimpse of the brand legacy. Pure surrealism. ELIE SAABPodría ver cientos y cientos de desfiles de Alta Costura de Elie Saab viendo lo mismo pero sin aburrirme. Y es que sabes lo que vas a ver en un desfile antes de que de comienzo. Un sin fin de vestidos maravillosos listos para la alfombra roja.
I could see hundreds and handres of Elie Saab Haute Couture shows seeing always the same thing but not getting bored of it. Do you know what you will see in a Elie Saab Couture show before the start: endless wonderful dresses ready-to-red carpet.

Right now, Valentino is the clear TOP maison of Haute Couture. Pierpaolo Piccioli y Mariagrazia Chiuri have established themselves as the best team of designers showing collections in the Paris Haute Couture fashion week, maintaining the same line from the beginning but showing new things. That's precisely what is sought in these collections: loyalty clients.