Kris Van Assche Spring Summer 2011 Collection

Kris Van Assche Spring Summer 2011 Men’s Fashion Show Video

Friday June 25th 2010 – Halle Freyssinet

For its Spring Summer 2011 men’s collection, Kris Van Assche presented a succession of raw aesthetics of tired, dirty, worn out outfits.  Like an Avedon portrait, a direct look and a naked truth against a white background.
From the deepest black to dusty grey, everything seems to have an ashen hue That tells the beauty of faded tints and hands at work.
Contrasting stains as its climax.  Suits are everywhere, without restraint and definitely freed from their shackles. Light, creased, sleeves are rolled up to be able to work. Raw edges for the trousers and repaired waistcoats. Shirts used as overalls and sweatshirts belong. Tool belts and safety shoes. Work clothes diverted from their original use.

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Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2011 Men’s Collection

Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2011 Men’s Fashion Show Video

Thursday June 24th, 2010 – 104 Paris

Louis Vuitton has gone on a head trip for Spring 2011. “It’s a rhaspody of three virtual scenarios for a digital bohemian, a man who travels the world from behind his computer screen” says Louis Vuitton Men’s Studio Director Paul Helbers under the artistic direction of Marc Jacobs.

“The codes have changed. There’s an eclecticism in the way men dress today from Scandinavia to China and Brazil. It’s a culture clash” says Helbers.

Amazon skydiving inspires the collection’s army issue parachute constructions and lightweight silks. Layered leopard prints provide jungle camouflage, and from China there’s quilting, classic patterns and animal signs from the Chinese zodiac (interpreted by New York superstar tattoo artist Scott Campbell) come to embellish the ensemble.

The collection mixes technical nylons, elegant silks, soft, washed see island cottons and linens lightly coated or chintzed to wrinkle just slightly. Technical nylon is roughed up in weathered prints for sun-distressed parkas, textured in a silk blend taffeta weave for an ultra-light trench, or dressed up in the LV digitalized monogram floral for a jacket that’s still unfussy.

Exotic and earthy colors cross the rain forest to Shanghai from lava to smoke pearl, chartreuse, amber, parakeet green and chocolate chip.

Accessories are electic and elegant including Chinese symbol LV medallions on leather cords to wrap around the wrist, a lifesaver medallion in unpolished tiger’s eye and windshield sunglasses. Sandblasted crocodile monk’s sandals and Chelsea boots alternate with Blunstone type trainers with perforated detailing.

Both lightweight and functional, the bags inspired by active sport are the perfect match with the clothes. Featuring ingenuous details such as numerous straps and handles, zips and convenient pockets, the super light nylon styles showcase the iconic Damier check printed either in black, electric blue and amazonian green. Totally foldable and packable within their inside pocket, refinement lies in the teinted calf and sophisticated suede trimmings. Washed olive or Khaki denim tote styles, printed with either LV monogram large scale or “Louis Vuitton Articles de Voyages” archive signature bring a military feel to the collection.

Complementing the rich nylon and denim models, the iconic Keepall Waterproof comes this season in a Damier printed translucide PVC version while the Utha leather and Damier Graphite Canvas are personalized by Tattoo artist Scott Campbell.

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Francisco Van Benthum Spring Summer 2011 Collection

Wednesday june 23th, 2010 – 13 rue du Mail – Salle Erard

“Brave” is the title of Francisco Vanbenthum‘s Spring Summer 2011 Collection. For this season, Van Benthum took inspiration from army uniform in all its different appearences from different decades, from the historical battle dress to the high-tech snipers utility gear. What Van Benthum especially fascinatesis the “clever” construction and technical solutions, invented pure from practical perspectives. Van Benthum interpreted these utility elements and details to compose a contemporary men’s wear collection. Within this collection he emphasises on the construction and the non-construction part of garments and plays with proportion. The familiar silhouette and the colour palette including different shades of army green, grey and beige underline the image of the brave young soldier.

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Rick Owens Fall Winter 2010 Collection

Thursday March 4, 2010 – Palais de Chaillot

Rick Owens is one of the few designer’s whose work is easily recognizable. His unique esthetic has been reinterpreted in many young designer’s collections but none ever come close to the original. For his Fall 2010 collection, Rick presented an army of tribal nuns, “an army in a disciplined way” said the designer backstage. The designer took organic elements and draped it around the woman’s body. We imagine pre-historic lands around these tribal nuns but can just as easily imagine them in a futuristic jungle.

Albeit intended for winter, arms were exposed and hands were covered by lambskin gloves with fur trims. A circular brown rigid belt looked like a piece of wood while a similar black belt resembled sculptured lava.  Bicolor tights were paired with the brand’s signature boots, which were declined in open toe leather or crocodile. A knit sweater was incorporated into a metallic asymmetrical jacket while skirts were given texture through layering. Tops were pleated while ‘stitched geometric armor’ was added to reinforce the tribal inspiration. Handsome leather jackets were so desirable that we could overhear the models asking to keep them. Luigi Murenu created a sculptural hairstyle, with hair being pulled back, making it seem like a constant wind was blowing it back. Aaron de Mey’s striking dark eye patches makeup made the models appear as if they were part of a fashionable tribe, one we would love to join.

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Sharon Wauchob Fall Winter 2010 Collection

Thursday March 3, 2010 – Ecole Des Beaux Arts – Salle Melpomène

For the Fall 2010 Sharon Wauchob explored a  “new kind of minimalism” . The designer worked on raw material such has leather, she beautifuly weaved it, braid it  and even laser-cut it. The Black leather laser-cut dresses looked like shiny lacered paper, revealing just enough to remind us that she loves feminity.The Tailored jackets didn’t have any buttons, sometimes an assymetric zipper, some of them were bi-material with mock alligator or fur trim. All the look features leather open tow guetres boots, which are predicted to be a huge hit next season. Sharon also played with dry wool and constructed a series of amazing coats.  The black dresses  were followed by kaki green looks, mixed with caramel or paprika. Using the same paper cut laser effect on hand-dyed silk dresses Wauchob showed that non only she can play with color but can also presents some prints without breaking the collection flow.

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Sharon Wauchob Fall Winter 2010 Fashion Show video

Giambattista Valli Fall Winter 2010 Collection

Monday March 8, 2010 – 7 Place Vendome – Paris 1er

Giambattista Valli’s client-list looks like a Who’ Who directory of the jet-set and royalty. Remaining faithful to that lifestyle, Valli flirted with 60’s inspirations for his Fall 2011 collection. Motivated by the theme of love (as was clearly stated on the backstage inspiration board), Valli designed pieces infatuated with the feminine silhouette. Showing a variety of looks, including day wear, the Giambattista girl could be seen in Aspen peaks in a long quilted coat or be snug in a beige caped topcoat as she takes an autumn afternoon stroll though Central Park.  Some Jackie O dresses looked Oval Office ready for a certain Mrs. Michelle Obama. There were also some unexpected transparencies and details that popped up here and there, like with a couple of dresses that revealed model’s panties or cocktail dresses that bordered on being Haute Couture. In the latter, the finishes were delicate, precise, and handcrafted with sequins, pearls and embroideries. The final gowns included a complete see-through dress topped with ruffles, while a dramatic black mermaid dress closed the show.

When a journalist backstage asked Valli about the production process for certain elaborate dresses, a GV spokeswoman said some of the looks were almost couture and will be made-to-order. “There is a modern classic balance in Giambattista’s clothes, they’re timeless” pointed out Anna Della Russo to another reporter.

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Damir Doma Fall Winter 2010 Collection

Wednesday March 3, 2010 – Lycee Henri IV

After presenting his Fall 2010 men’s collection in january, Damir Doma unveiled his first women’s collection during Paris Fashion Week. We saw some folded jackets, long voluminous wool coats, cashmere in the shade of greys. The colour palette merges from dirty green, chocolate, midnight blue and black reflecting Doma’s vision. The designer offers a new perspective on womenswear with new shapes and volume with a shearling hooded coat. Not all the looks were androgyn, Damir surprised with a see through combi-short and a revealing jumpsuit. The Damir Doma woman is coming from another era with a sensitivity and strong modern character at the same time. His signature silhouettes are omnipresent while flowing jersey, washed silks and the softest cashmeres express the collection puristic approach.

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Damir Doma Fall Winter 2010 Final Fashion Show Video

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Valentino Fall Winter 2010 Collection

Tuesday March 9th, 2010- Halle Freyssinet

Digital romanticism. Noir innocence. A refined women, who is also unpredictable, elusive, evasive, overflowing with mystery. Candid and dark. Providing inspiration for Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli’s creative works for Valentino. A natural instinct of creatingm selecting, mixing and layering all different elements is emphasized and highlighted throughout the pret-a-porter Autumn Winter 2010 – 2011 collection.

Reconsideration and reinvention of elegance, altered into a contemporary mode. This newfound quality is now regained and reconquered to exist in the Valentino woman’s wardrobe.

Fovoring unexpected liaisons between natural and technological weaving, ultra light and structured material, padded, doubled and treated fabric. Ensemble of researched pieces including shirts, knits, over the knee skirts and pants are never deprived of desinged lengths, constructions and proportions that harmoniously coexist. Coats, overcoats and jackets are made with straight or slightly flared cuts. Combinations of fluid and supported structures are plastic and freestanding, made of silk crepe, goretex, organza or chiffon.

Ballerinas and stilletos are embellished and made aggressive by exasperated tips and unusual stud applications borrowed from luggage details. Structured and rigid bags persistently echo exclusive designs and finishing.

Everything perfectly joining together with imaginary scenes and the rhythmic direction of American film director Kenneth Anger, who was involved with Chiuri and Piccioli in the conception of the Fall Winter 2010 Valentino show atmosphere.

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Valentino Fall Winter 2010 Final Fashion Show Video

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Cerruti Fall Winter 2010 Collection

Wednesday March 10, 2010 – Halle Freyssinet

Cerruti new artistic director Richard Nicoll, presented his vision of the new Cerruti woman. The lines are simple, almost androgyne. Colorwise we see cranberry shades, petrol, an orange and blue print, a pink powder latex dress toward the end and even mohair.  The PDG of the brand Florent Perrichon, seems to be confident on where the brand is going, describing Richard Nicoll of being the men of the situation.

Cerruti Fall Winter 2010 Final Fashion Show Video

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Junko Shimada Fall Winter 2010 Collection

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 – Hotel Westin – Salon Imperial

Junko Shimada with “Une belle Fille” tells us another story, inpired by actress Virna Lisi. We’re at the Hotel Westin in the Salon Imperial, lights are on the floor, music that sounds like a 70′s french movie in the background. Lambskin Leather turban, Fuschia, indian pink and vermillon rouge give the tone with optical illusion motifs taking inspiration from 1971. Supple materials, mohair, shearling. silk crepe, chiffon and organza with plunged lambskin sharpens the silhouette. This “Belle fille” wears bat-wing sweater dresses, frilled ample blouses with a sassy allure accentueated by afro-beatnik necklaces and belts in cords and plastic. Every look featured excessive diagonally striped platforms.

Junko Shimada Fall Winter 2010 Fashion Show Video

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