Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Paris Fashion Week autumn/winter 2013 Post: day one


All the action from day one of Paris Fashion Week including Lily Cooper's comeback, Kanye West's arrival, a view Paris Fashion Week in the Fifties and more...
27 FEBRUARY 2013
Lily Allen performing at the Etam show at Paris Fashion Week.
Lily Allen performing at the Etam show at Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Vladimir Potop
CATWALK MOMENT
She's back ladies and gentlemen. Four years after retiring from the music business, and two children later, Lily Allen took to the Paris catwalk yesterday for the Etam Lingerie show - no, not to model their collection of cut-price undies, but to perform her 2006 debut single 'Smile'. The 'Girls Only' show was directed by her old mucker, Mark Ronson who also called in favours from his showbiz contacts Rita Ora, M.I.A and Lykke Li. The Etam lingerie show has been moving in on Victoria's Secret territory for a few years now, with an extravagant Paris Fashion Week showcase boasting a star-studded front row and live performances on the catwalk. We must confess, the lingerie isn't quite as 'classy' as VS (and that's saying something) but the whole she-bang is a load of fun - not something that can be said about many Paris shows...
PARIS FASHION WEEK IN THE FIFTIES
As PFW gets underway, we take a nostalgic look back at simpler times with this news film from 1952. A land before street style photographers, bloggers, TV crews and hundreds of hangers-on, Paris Fashion Week in the Fifties was a time when "black was the colour; the dresses are longer, fringes are rife and tweed is flourishing". As the excitable announcer says: 'Paris may not change, but Paris fashions? Certainement!'Enjoy...
FROW-VERHEARD:
Hey Kanye... 


Photo: @Booth1
Kanye West has made his first appearance at Paris Fashion Week, taking in Anthony Vaccarello's show yesterday. No sign on Kim K and the the KK foetus though, or Kanye's eponymous label (wherever has that gone?).
LOOKS WE LOVE
Pretty in pink at Cedric Charlier; Ground Zero serves up a space odyssey; at Julian David we got minimalist daywear; Devastee gave us a reality check; classic camel was to be found at Veronique Branquinho and Anthony Vacarello was back to black.
RE-MODELLED: Isabeli Fontana
Brazilian beauty Isabeli Fontana treated Paris Fashion Week to her sunshine-honed skin on the opening day, showing it off in a racy gown at Anthony Vacarello, and then wearing even less at the Etam lingerie showcase.
BEAUTY MOMENT: CEDRIC CHARLIER
If you're going to do an up-do next season, give it a new spin. Just as they did at Cedric Charlier with this up-turned number, (and we noted at Temperley, Roksanda Illinic and Meadham Kirchoff), this time around the classic chignon comes with a whole new set of rules on angles, height and shape for something all together more detailed and interesting for autumn/winter 2013.

No comments:

Post a Comment