Couture Week fall 2009 began yesterday in Paris, and the Givenchy couture show captured my imagination.  It combined edginess with sweetness and it worked, I eagerly anticipated each look.  There were regal and ethnic inspirations sprinkled throughout the collection, namely the burkas.  The edgier looks had a womanly silhouette of balanced shoulders and hips with a narrow waist. One particular look could have been from The Matrix, it was tough, lean and sexy.  The softer looks were a vision; the two bridal looks were the stand outs for me in this collection, maybe it’s because of their representation of romance.  The first bridal look was a strapless jumpsuit, the other  a sheer ethereal skirt, both with floor length veils.  All in all, this collection struck the right note.  View the entire collection here.