The 14 Most Stunning Dresses From Couture Fashion Week

Couture collections occupy the most rarefied space in fashion — not many of us, after all, will ever need to take a custom-crafted Dior out for a spin. But, for all their jaw-dropping fanciness, our favorite dresses from fall '14 Couture were Trojan horses that hid plenty of kooky touches beneath their layers of tulle and hand embroidery.

Ahead, we pay tribute to the most stunning dresses of couture fashion week — and we promise, there's not a fishtail-hem snoozer in the bunch. Read on for 14 gowns that, while beautiful, will look delightfully out of place at the red carpets and crillon balls of the world. In some cases, that means creations made out of actual red carpets...