Paris Fashion Week Update

Ann Demeulemeester had a floor of desert sand, showing Spanish/Gaucho influences with dark romance. Spanish influences are emerging everywhere. It was a super feminine and gorgeous collection in Ann’s vocabulary.

At Balmain, Viva Liberace! Viva Elvis! Viva Las Vegaaaas! It’s been funny and unusual to find two Las Vegas references in Paris — the cityscape prints at Dries Van Noten and this. Of course more is MORE at Balmain. There was enough beading to keep the “petites mains” busy for the next decade. The beading had a Navajo/Art Deco/Casino façade sensibility.

Photos by Gabrielle de Papp and Darlys Michaelis.