Saint Laurent makes a splash at Paris Fashion Week

Sep 27 , 2018

There was the occasional innocent Jean Seberg or young Mia Farrow look, but Vaccarello specialises in ‘killer rock chick party animal silhouettes’. Photo: AFP

Cindy Crawford watches with Kate Moss, Lee Sung-kyung and Carl Bruni as her daughter Kaia Gerber and other models parade down a runway awash with water and flanked by neon palms in a wet spring/summer collection

Anthony Vaccarello made a splash by having his models walk on water for his Saint Laurent Paris Fashion Week show on Tuesday.

Watched by her mother Cindy Crawford in the front row, model Kaia Gerber wears a creation for the collection. Photo: AP

The Belgian designer may have divided opinion since he took over from the “Sultan of skinny” Hedi Slimane at the French label two years ago, but there was no doubting the chutzpah of his spring/summer collection.

With the Eiffel Tower glittering in the background, Vaccarello sent his models down a flooded open-air runway bordered by neon palm trees.

A model presents an addition to the power dresser’s wardrobe – black leather hot pants. Photo: EPA-EFE

Known for his hyper-sexy leggy aesthetic and for never using an inch of fabric more than the most elastic definition of decency requires, the designer insisted on his addition to the power dresser’s wardrobe – black leather hot pants.

For those with doubts, they also come in snake skin. Photo: AFP

There were also splashes of unaccustomed colour from a man who has up to now at Saint Laurent mainly stuck to a leather-heavy two-tone diet of black and white. Photo: EPA-EFE