The Leftovers: Paris Fashion Week SS14

In Paris this season the story boiled down to the two colors that have taken over the fashion community’s imagination for spring and summer.

Black.

At Christian Dior

At Stella McCartney

At A.W.A.K.E by Natalia Alaverdian

At Giambattista Valli

At Alexandre Vauthier

At Saint Laurent

At Neil Barrett

At Gareth Pugh

White.

At Christophe Lemaire

At Vika Gazinskaya

At Valentin Yudashkin

At Véronique Leroy

At Rick Owens

At Issey Miyake

At Maison Rabih Kayrouz

At Chalayan

And myriad combinations of the two.

At Piece d’Anarchive

At Martin Grant

At Moncler Gamme Rouge

At Guy Laroche

At Talbot Runhof

At Bouchra Jarrar

At Vika Gazinskaya

At Pedro Lourenço

At Cédric Charlier

If one had to choose which of the season’s trends Paris would come to make its own, these of course make the most sense. They are, more than the other colors on the wheel, blank slates that lend themselves to maximum creativity. Most of that cool, 90s minimalism that took such a hold in New York faded away and left behind were clothes that covered a range of volumes. They were quiet and loud and everything in between.

And spring and summer once again stuck their heads out, reminding us of what awaits us when the snow and the chill melt away.

At Hèrmes

At A.P.C.

At Vika Gazinskaya

At Chanel

At Miu Miu

At Manish Arora

At Julien David

At Balenciaga

At Carven

One can only live in the fantasy of a world without seasons for so long.


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