Exclusive / Style Takes Paris PART III: Advocate and Provocateur
Nine days and 93 shows later, Paris Fashion Week wraps up on a high note. STYLE travelled to the city of fashion to see the trends unfold and the major players behind. Read on for our favourite looks at the shows, our fashion week round-up and pieces that we can’t wait to get hold of next summer. With Vivian Chen Follow @viv_cchen
It takes more than a slogan T-shirt to make a statement on the runways of Paris. Be it theatrical staging or inspirations for the collections, the veterans of fashion houses know how to get the whole world talking.
Chanel
Just when you think there could hardly be anything more OTT than the Chanel supermarket, Karl Lagerfeld managed to outstage himself again. This season’s set was Boulevard Chanel which recreated the Parisian street scene inside the Grand Palais. What the Chanel girls took to the street was not only a variety of tweed suits, appliqué dresses and summer knits but also feminist issues. Gisele Bündchen and Cara Delevingne were spotted among a bevy of models holding placards and speaker phones to promote awareness of women’s rights.
Who’s better than Gisele to bring sexy back to tight summer knits?
Metallic lacquer appliqué number shows the contrast of delicate and tough spirit.
We’ll be seriously bummed if the Chanel 2.55 loud speaker doesn’t go into production.