For
this season’s fashion show in Paris, Karl Lagerfeld and Chanel held a feminist
protest. It was timely and appropriate—especially given the tenor of
the collection itself. The belief in the equality of the sexes is always in
fashion. However, it seems to be a particularly big hit right now. Earlier this
month, actress Emma Watson addressed the United Nations with a
speech to launch the “He for She”, a campaign that urges men to take
gender equality seriously.
The Chanel show was led by Cara Delevingne. Models were
raising signs included “Tweed is Better Than Tweet” and “Boys Should Get
Pregnant Too.” They reminded us that freedom should be free and that girls
should dare to be different. Karl even sent a lone man down the runway holding
a “He
For She”
sign. Regardless of whether feminists find Lagerfeld’s show flattering or
patronizing, it seems they inspired his designs. Conclusion: “make fashion not
war”.
Louis
Vuitton's Spring/Summer 2015 show was nothing less than a time travel fashion show in
Paris. Nicolas Ghesquiere, the head designer ceaselessly drove his fashion into the
future. The show opened with living video murals of enormous heads
intoning an odd, slightly stilted monologue. There were 3,600 glass panels,
15,000 tons of concrete in the show building. It just struck you as a bit of
sci-fi posturing, setting the scene for Ghesquiere's plastic fantastic journey taking you simultaneously backwards and forwards. That paradox made sense when you saw it.
The fabrics were multi-textured knits hanging around the body, fashioned into
multiple panels with a synthetic sheen. The shapes of the clothes travelled
back to the sixties and seventies. They were brief, babydoll dresses,
kick-flares in crushed velvet hugging the hips, and the high, bulky heels of
multi-textured ankle boots faceted like iron girders.
Conclusion:
“"The LV house wants to explore the ability to travel to any part of the
universe without moving”.
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