Paris Fashion Week: Space travel and rock’n'roll
Posted by Lucky on Jun 28, 2010
On the fourth day of Fashion Week after all the shows, the heat, the parties, the appointments, the late nights and the work, a sort of painful fatigue begins to set in among the attendees.
But Lanvin is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Breakfast is served buffet style as you walk in, complete with tea, coffee and well-chilled juice. It’s just what you need when the temperature is already an unforgiving 30 degrees at 11 o’clock in the morning, and works perfectly to soak up the folly of last night’s excesses (in my case, far too much writing).
Summer can be a hard season in which to dress elegantly, but Lanvin’s answer to the heat was suits and layers, coats and cardigans, all in soft couture cloths or high-tech athletic fabrics.
There’s always that sense of subversion in a Lanvin collection – menswear made from traditionally feminine materials; formalwear slashed and re-sewn (or just plain unfinished); and sporty pieces in the richest brocades, tweeds and silks.
This collection was the most athletic to date, with rubber hiking sandals, asymetrical zip-up peacoats in unfinished goretex and stretchy knits that contoured to the body.
source:- http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10654999
