An intruder at Chanel and a secret alliance: Highlights from Paris Fashion Week

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An intruder at Chanel and a secret brotherhood: Highlights from Paris Fashion Week

Bringing the Spring/Summer 2022 style season to a close, Paris Fashion Calendar week was an extravaganza of beauty and sagacity, proving why the city volition always remain fashion'southward pulsating heart.

The finale at the Dior presentation. (Photo: Dior)

03 Oct 2022 06:30AM (Updated: 04 Jul 2022 ten:30PM)

Another fashion flavour has drawn to a shut amidst increasing political and climate uncertainty. Paris, the epicentre of fashion and its artistic apex, delivered collections that reiterated fashion's office in capturing the zeitgeist.

In light of the green movement sweeping beyond the globe, brands from the French mode upper-case letter took steps to mitigate their affect on the environment, be it past showing collections crafted from upcycled fabrics or designing runway sets that can be repurposed for greater use.

Through it all, beauty, magic and a sense of escapism prevailed. Here were some of the week'southward top moments.

THE FRENCH Connexion

Anthony Vaccarello has mastered the art of staging blockbuster rails shows that coalesce his vision for Saint Laurent and the House's reputable standing in fashion's ecosystem. Saint Laurent is, after all, a beacon of Parisian style then greatly admired the earth over.

For Spring/Summer 2020, Vaccarello rolled out a collection that demonstrated his firm grasp of the House codes while the Eiffel Tower – another symbol of French republic –loomed in the distance. Information technology was as French as it got: Sequinned jackets, bohemian dresses, sensual shorts and slouchy boots that evoked the hedonistic 70s were illuminated by swirling columns of light rays that stretched into the vastness of the night sky.

CAN YOU Continue A SECRET?

The New York Times called it "the collaboration to cease all collaborations" and we couldn't take said it better ourselves: Christian Lacroix and Dries van Noten's partnership is one for the history books. It was also Spring/Summer 2020's best-kept hush-hush, what with news of the collaboration heavily guarded during the five months it took to produce the stunning array of voluminous skirts, jacquard suits and feathered dresses. A rare fashion moment that was pure in its intentions, divine in its execution, and exuberant in its mood. What'south not to love?

GARDEN OF EDEN

In a flavour where sustainability was a topic on everyone'southward minds, how does one organise a rail extravaganza that doesn't detract from the ongoing conversation? Dior's Maria Grazia Chiuri turned to Coloco, a collective founded in 1999 that consists of botanists, gardeners, landscape designers and urban planners, to dream up a show space that doubled upwards as an inclusive garden.

Horticulture is integral to the story of Dior – founder Christian Dior and his sister Catherine (she provided a starting point for Chiuri this season) were avid gardeners. The 164 potted trees that lined the Dior catwalk will exist planted in projects and urban groves across Paris, farther underscoring style's responsibleness towards the environment.

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Quango Meeting

Whether at Balenciaga or Vetements, Demna Gvasalia has never shied away from using his rail shows to make a argument. For Spring/Summertime 2020, Gvasalia explored the notions of power dressing through a presentation rife with political undertones. Showtime, there was the set: A sprawling, Congress-like infinite coloured in a shade of blueish resembling the ane plant on the EU flag. The cast? An assembly of models and professionals from all walks of life who powered down the circular track with urgency in their steps. Gvasalia outfitted them in his interpretations of retooled uniforms accordingly: At that place were ascetic suits, bold-shouldered dresses, and coats that ran the gamut, from long and lean to bulbous and exaggerated.

DENIM... But Brand IT HAUTE

Delicate crochet; playful polka dots; dramatic puffy sleeves... these are some of the trends you'll exist hearing about come up Spring/Summertime 2020. Paris, even so, demonstrated once more the enduring appeal of the classics. At the centre of all the attention? Denim.

At Celine, immaculate bootcut jeans served as a backbone to Hedi Slimane's retelling of 70s chic. Over at Givenchy, Clare Waight Keller cut the hardworking cloth into all forms of accoutrements every bit part of her mediation betwixt the French bourgeoise and New York's gritty energy in the 90s.

WHO'S THAT GIRL?

Just when we thought Paris Fashion Calendar week would sail by with nary a viral moment in sight... Bam! The Internet lit up with clips of a woman clambering onto the Chanel runway to join the rest of the make's gangling posse for their finale walk, before Gigi Hadid swooped in and stopped her in her tracks. The intruder has since been identified as Marie Benoliel, a comedian and YouTuber who too goes by the moniker Marie South'Infiltre. Judge she really did live upward to her proper name...

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