The Leftovers: Paris Fashion Week FW11

As I made my way through the photos from Paris that I bookmarked over a month ago, I realized two things. Firstly, my limited number of favorites had more to do with general fatigue at the end of fashion month than it had to do with the clothes on offer. Secondly, the threads that so closely held together the narratives of the other cities disintegrated in Paris.

There were still echoes of the trends that had been prevalent in New York, London and Milan.

The 1970s

At Vivienne Westwood

At Balmain

At Martin Grant

At Yves Saint Laurent

At Chanel

At Valentino

Color Blocking

At Gareth Pugh

At Balenciaga

At Pedro Lourenço

At Martin Grant

Red

At Rue du Mail

At Yohji Yamamoto

At Akris

At Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

But the subtle falling apart of The Story was the real narrative of Paris. Designer inspirations were scattered, and the lack of centrality produced several levels of creativity. On display was the influence of multiple decades. Of many aesthetic ideas. Of a newness that couldn’t be put into any particular category. Here, in no particular order, are those designers and designs that most piqued my interest. That left me examining everything more closely. That simply took my breath away.

At Haider Ackermann

At Carven

At Dries Van Noten

At Gareth Pugh

At A.F. Vandevorst

At Manish Arora

At Nina Ricci

At Rick Owens

At Lanvin

At Maison Martin Margiela

At Giambattista Valli

At Stella McCartney

At Chanel

At Moncler Gamme Rouge

At Miu Miu

At Louis Vuitton

It's a cliché but one that occasionally has its foundation in truth.


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