POST NEW recently had the opportunity to visit visvim's showroom in the Marais district in Paris, set up to showcase its collection during Paris Fashion Week. It's a lovely industrial setting for the range to be displayed in, and, as is always the case with the Japanese label, the clothing is exceptional. These photos offer a great insight into the design aesthetics of the brand.
Photographer - Karl Hab
Jack Smylie
Karl Hab's coverage of Paris Fashion week continues with Junya Watanabe's Spring/Summer 2013 Collection. This season's presentation saw a move away from the work wear aesthetic that has dominated previous collections, to be replaced by a more refined button-down approach that had muted pastels and tans paired together to create a smart, urban look. Relaxed-fit trousers ended at the ankle, while denim was rolled up to herald in another sockless Summer.
Photographer - Karl Hab
Jack Smylie
In terms of sheer originality of presentations this year, nobody has outdone Thom Browne. Remember just a couple of weeks ago in London, where he lined up a slew of models on a double-decker bus outside Harrods? A live musical performance accompanied that display, just like in Milan, where the deisgner headed next with Moncler Gamme Bleu. At that show a jovial crew of sailors danced to spirited music as models bounded down the runway attired in a nautical-inspired collection.
Photographer - Karl Hab
Jack Smylie
This year, the house Fendi celebrates the 15th anniversary of Baguette bag her. It was necessary at this anniversary, the event at its height. In addition to partnering published by Rizzoli publishing a book tracing its history and repeat the six models of his favorite artistic director Silvia Venturini Fendi, the Italian fashion house invades the 1st arrondissement of Paris and settled at Colette throughout the month July.
Photographer - Karl Hab
Karl Hab
How do you manage to use pyjama suiting in gold, tartan, snow leopard, cammo and stripes; combine it with references ranging from 70’s metal, 80’s punk and Edwardian era elegance; give the models mono-brows and rust coloured hair, and produce an entirely tantalising collection? Easy, you just need to be Rei Kawakubo.
Photographer - Karl Hab
Clementine Widdowson - de Pressigny
Kris Van Assche's Dior Homme rolled with a naval theme for SS13. Navy blazers were clearly the focal point of the brand's Spring wardrobe - a notion affirmed by Van Assche backstage - and were lean fitting and adorned with smart silver buttons. Trousers were of similar tonal affinity and smartness. Heading inland, light grey was used for lightweight suits - the jackets of which had internal drawstings that took their cues subtly from athletic silhouettes.
Photographer - Karl Hab
Jack Smylie
Riccardo Tisci continues to awe with his street fused adaption of fashion, sex and religion. Spring 2013 shown today in Paris is signature Tisci, and it's a visual representation of why Givenchy has become so influential since the St. Martins graduate took the helm. Special note and kudos to the designer for casting Stella Tennant in the show. And myself, like so many others, will now eagerly await next Spring to get our hands on our picks from the collection.
Source - style.com
Adam Bryce
Rick Owens' Spring 2013 "Island" collection saw the inclusion of familiar Rick favorites but also brought with it a freshness that hinted at the designer moving into lighter and more youthful territory. Owens once again presented his polarizing take on menswear - love it or loathe it - but who could really choose the latter when it came to super-slick black jackets paired down with similarly sharp trousers?
Jack Smylie
Zana Bayne is the leather boss. Her intricate, handcrafted leather accessories are wearable works of art. Sexy and sculptural, they add an alluring edge to any outfit. Bayne started off making leather harnesses as something for herself to wear, but demand for her creations quickly spread, and so she set up a studio in order to devote herself to the craft.
Clementine Widdowson – de Pressigny
Whatever Dries Van Noten does, he does it well - and this season it was camouflage. Adding to the ranks of designers who have used the pattern in recent collections, Van Noten paired it up with sharp midnight blue suits and down with silky white padded vests and shirts. The camo in question was a digitized version of the print and came down the runway in green, orange and blue variations. One might think it would induce a pattern-overload when paired with checks, but in actual fact the opposite occurred - it was actually rather calming.
Jack Smylie
