Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk
Balenciaga catwalk
At Balenciaga Nicolas Ghequiere showed a collection that was younger, more casual and more wearable than in the past. Less dramatic than his cyber robot girls for spring, multicultural fabrics and prints were mixed with english eccentric velevt, brass buttoned blazers or striped boating jackets, all in his signature super skinny cut. Creating a modern global look that spoke more about the world today, than a vision for the future...
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk
Balenciaga
Jackets and dresses were worn with gold fringed palestinian style scarves, sure to be on everyone\'s wish list for autumn. African and peruvian prints mingled with folklorian texture on dresses, (some styled with parkas and grey wooly tights that looked more Marc Jacobs than Balenciaga) and trousers were a casual khaki hybrid of a drainpipe-cum-jodphur...
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk
Balenciaga
Eastern influences came as waist length chubby puffa\'s cinched with wide leather obi style belts and finished with an acid green goat hair shawl. Although most of us won\'t be able to mix it up quite like Ghesquiere, there were so many individual must-have pieces that were instantly wearable. From the parka\'s, to the peruvian silk dresses, the fringed scarves and the techno sandals, or the skinny blazers and tartan button up shirts...
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk
Balenciaga
Finally a bit of sportswear was thrown into the mix as traditional boucle jackets were shown with skinny, side striped spandex leggings and heavy techno sandals, that you could imagine causing a stampede amongst the younger clubbing set
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,Dior,catwalk,john galliano
Dior
John Galliano takes a bow after a brilliant and beautiful show
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,Dior,catwalk
Dior
Acid green suede coats had deep fur trims, swingy macs came in ostrich, blouses in fuschia silk or feminine lilac and all with matching platform soled shoes...
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,Dior,catwalk
Dior
The old school glamour of Hollywood was key at Dior in a stunning show that was a beautiful (and appropriatly more saleable for RTW) continuation of John Galliano\'s ideas seen at his recent spring Couture show. A striking palette of acid green, claret red and violet looked luxe and rich. A \'40s silhouette prevailed in the chic skirt suits and belted fur collared coats...
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
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Jean Paul Gaultier
At Jean Paul Gaultier a Scotish highland fling themed show began with a little celtic jig from model of the moment Coco Rocha. Oversized plaids in wool and luxurious taffeta had incredible fox fur trims, biker jackets came in burgundy python and trench coats came in luxuriously soft leathers
Paris Fashion Week: 28/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk,hussein chalayan
Hussein Chalayan
In a season when so many designers are romanticising about old school \'40s glamour, we can rely on Hussein Chalayan, who has his feet firmly planted in the future, to provide us with amazing, thought provoking, mind boggling fashion...
Paris Fashion Week: 28/02/07
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Hussein Chalayan
This season Chalayan has technology (naturally) and environmental issues on his mind. An \'LED\' dress played movies of city scapes taken from Google earth, and red and black striped and panelled coats that referenced the armour of Japanese Samurai\'s had built in hoods that respond to the weather and the environment...
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk,hussein chalayan
Hussein Chalayan
One moved mechanically (an idea that Chalayan has been playing with for the last few seasons in his genius moving mechanical dresses)to protect and cover the wearer\'s head...
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk,hussein chalayan
Hussein Chalayan
Another shone mood enhancing light onto the models face - cleverly designed to respond during dark winter days...
Paris Fashion Week: 27/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk,hussein chalayan
Hussein Chalayan
In amongst all of this spectacular design were some pretty and charming clothes for those of us living in the present to wear. From feminine jaquard dresses to intricate cut vests and shifts
Paris report
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Balmain
It\'s show time! Paris fashion week is the main event in the fashion calendar, the city the world looks to for inventive, intelligent and visionary design. From the ridiculous at Victor & Rolf to the sublime at Dior, read all about here in our daily report...
Image left: Balmain
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Paris Fashion Week: 25/02/07
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Rick Owens
Organic and simple shaped coats at Rick owens were created by experimenting with volume and fabric. Thick chunky knits, shaggy fur, stiff leather and shearling were all used in earthy colours like moss, olive and black. Yeti, long haired booties and chunky taodstool hats looked charming and primitive...
Paris Fashion Week: 26/02/07
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Viktor and Rolf catwalk
Models were made to carry heavy, metal rigs of tungsten lights and steel rings, attached only to their necks and shoulders at Victor & Rolf. Wearing heavy wooden clog type shoes at the same time, this was an alarming site that proved to be so much of a distraction to the audience, that no one seemed to really look at the clothes...
Paris Fashion Week : 25/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk,rick owens
Rick Owens
Throughout the collection coats and jackets remained the focal point - they were waisted, with cutaway tails, with stiff exagerrated collars or cocoon like
Paris Fashion Week: 26/02/07
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Viktor and Rolf catwalk
These were inspired by European folk costumes - hence the clogs and the tapestry fabrics - made contemporary with sporty cropped puffa\'s and checked mini\'s
Paris Fashion Week: 26/02/07
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Maison Martin Margiela
A predomianntly graphic, black and white palette was livened up with acid bright flashes in pink, yellow and green. All colours that look set to be big for the next season
Paris Fashion Week: 26/02/07
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Maison Martin Margiela
A wide built up shoulder dominated the highly conceptual Maison Martin Margiela autumn collection. From simple T shirt dresses, to rabbit fur jackets, the shoulders were the focus, emphasised by a slim lower half that was either pants or high waisted pencil thin skirts...
Paris Fashion Week: 26/02/07
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yohji yamamoto
Fortunately for Yohji fans there were certain points where the logo prints disappeared and the designers creativity and vision showed through especially the voluminous and mechanical twisting dresses
Paris Fashion Week: 26/02/07
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Romeo Gigli
Romeo Gigli
Paris Fashion Week: 26/02/07
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Yohji Yamamoto
For autumn, Yohji Yamamoto was so pre-occupied with his purpose to comment and poke fun at the commercialism of the big fashion brands, mostly Louis Vuitton, that he almost forgot to design anything. For such an intellectual and influential designer, a logo-d mac and hat, complete with suitcase, seemed like an obvious and slightly innapropriate way to make this comment, especially as he continued to push this idea throughout the show...
Paris Fashion Week: 25/02/07
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Balmain
Mini dresses - cape sleeved, strapless, metallic, sequined and with crystals - were the focus at Balmain. For autumn they were updated with wide waist cinching belts and worn with metal studded, platform sued boots to give a rock n roll edge. This is high glamour evening wear, aimed at the young rich set...
Paris Fashion Week: 25/02/07
Autumn Winter 2007-08,fashion week,catwalk,balmain
Balmain
Feather lite marabeau capes were perfect for dressing up and flared bumster trousers worn with simple vests were tough and sexy and a million miles away from the elegant, classic style of the old Balmain
Paris Fashion Week: 26/02/07
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Romeo Gigli
At Romeo Gigli another collection that heavily referenced the \'40s was seen. Belted fur collar coats and heavy, platform soled shoes were all worn with cheeky felt trilby\'s in acid bright colours
