PFW AW20: Givenchy

Rhiannon Jenkins
Fashion, Fashion Shows, News
YESTERDAY evening, Clare Waight Keller took the auditorium for the Givenchy show by storm – almost literally. The rumbling music of the pre-show build-up shook the Hippodrome de Longchamp’s concrete corridors, ...

PFW AW20: Chanel

Cara Jenkins
Fashion, Fashion Shows, News
“ROMANTICISM but without any flourishes” perfectly encapsulated the ambiance of Chanel’s AW20 collection, held beneath the intricate dome of the Grand Palais in Paris. The runway show encouraged “energy”, “free...

PFW AW20: Balenciaga

Lexi Fadina
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BALENCIAGA’s creative director Demna Gvasalia never fails to comment on the current political and environmental climate through her fashion, and this year’s AW20 at Paris Fashion Week was no exception. There wa...

PFW AW20: Hermès

Rhiannon Jenkins
Fashion, Fashion Shows, News
Hermès has raced to the finish line this season, showcasing a bedazzling collection of garments that may have surpassed all of our expectations. Acclaimed for its neutral colour palette, earthy tones and signat...

PFW AW20: Celine

Lexi Fadina
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IF THERE is one thing that Paris Fashion Week has been demonstrating this season, it is the decisive return of bourgeois trends in the AW20 fashion looks – and Celine’s fashion show fit in very harmoniously wit...

PFW AW20: Off-White

Cara Jenkins
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HAVING taken a sabbatical last season, Virgil Abloh made a dynamic return to Paris Fashion Week for the showcasing of Off-White’s AW20 collection. Having declared streetwear dead in 2020, the in-demand founder ...

PFW AW20: Loewe

Emma Hart
Fashion, Fashion Shows
AN exploration of silhouette and texture, Loewe presents its AW20 collection in a search of new ways to work with craftsmanship. As characteristic of the fashion house, the collection stands out for its use of ...

PFW AW20: Chloé

Cara Jenkins
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MARKING her third anniversary at the creative helm of Chloé, Natacha Ramsay-Levi continued to establish strong silhouettes of powerful women for her AW20 collection. Garnished with Marion Verboom’s golden totem...

PFW AW20: Maison Margiela

Cara Jenkins
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REFERRING to his pioneering approach as “restorative”, Maison Margiela’s creative director John Galliano introduced the concept of Recicla to showcase his AW20 collection yesterday in Paris. An extension of Mar...

PFW AW20: Kenzo

Cara Jenkins
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FOR his first debut AW20 show as creative director of Kenzo, Felipe Oliveira Baptista explored sustainable ready-to-wear looks suggestive of spirit and vitality yesterday in Paris. Well renowned for his innovat...

PFW AW20: Saint Laurent

Lexi Fadina
Fashion, Fashion Shows, News
WHOEVER said fetish and glam don’t go together simply hasn’t seen the AW20 presentation of Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello at Paris Fashion Week. At first glance, everything in Vaccarello’s collection is ve...

PFW AW20: Mugler

Augustine Hammond
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SENSUALITY was the key theme to take away from the Mugler AW20 collection for Paris Fashion Week Held in Palais de Tokyo, the French fashion house’s creative director, Casey Cadwallader, presented 32 looks agai...

PFW AW20: Dior

Rhiannon Jenkins
Fashion, Fashion Shows, News
MARIA Grazia Chiuri, Dior’s first female creative director, certainly has courage – bringing her convictions to the runway – and not for the first time.  For AW20, Chiuri showcased her Dior’s womenswear collect...