HIT: Dries Van Noten
"So beautiful! Always good to see his collection every season." [GivenchyAddict]
"Best show of the season for me. Dries at his best! Amazing how he made those tech-y fabrics and utilitarian looks feel so goddamn luxurious and fresh. The colors are gorgeous!" [Marc10]
"Now this is what I've been waiting for. I think this is phenomenal - very luxurious, very desirable. Love the prints, love the colors, those beady strings would've bothered me at the hands of someone less capable, but Dries pulls them off, the looser draping, the fit of the pants... Everything is just so beautiful and covetable." [StoneSkipper]
See all the looks from the Dries Van Noten collection.
MISS: Courrèges
"So, they fired Arnaud & Sébastien for this? Pure nonsense, pure gimmick, pure trash... Another fail in the making." [Lola701]
"No, no, no... what a mess. What made Arnaud & Sébastien's collections so great was the fact that they perfectly captured the true ethos of Courrèges and translated it into contemporary, fresh and desirable clothes. This is the opposite of that. Heavy-handed on the references and just plain ugly! Big fail." [Marc10]
"Cheap-looking streetwear mixed with literal copies from the archive with some logos here and there (I have always thought that Courrèges logo is horrible. It would be better to avoid it)." [jeanclaude]
See all the looks from the Courrèges collection.
HIT: Koché
"Easily one of my favorite collections of the season. It's very easy and playful while still retaining a very down-to-earth sophistication. Absolutely love it." [StoneSkipper]
"Very good! I love that with Koché, the idea of sportswear/streetwear is done with a more sophisticated touch. It’s not about styling, it’s about creation. A polo shirt with inserts of lace, a kind of football jersey that has received a Dior treatment. And there is a real nonchalance and sensuality. It’s very feminine but with a real edge." [Lola701]
"Most of this is so good - you can easily spot the references but everything has been reworked. The black suit worn with a red rose choker is sublime." [dodencebt]
See all the looks from the Koché collection.
MISS: Saint Laurent
"I find this rather embarrassing. I refuse to believe that it's a coincidence that the season Hedi comes back, Vaccarello (or Mr. Pinault) decide to do a 'Hedi for Saint Laurent retrospective'. The copies are so literal that it's offensive!" [Lola701]
"The first half is literally Zara. Which is OK because Hedi's Saint Laurent was also Zara." [RedSmokeRise]
"I'm not sure what it says about a collection when the swimwear is the highlight of the whole presentation." [WhiteLotus]
See all the looks from the Saint Laurent collection.
MISS: Christian Dior
"Just another boring, hideous collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri." [Ed..]
"So dull, lifeless, repetitive, same old same old, downright ugly in parts. Is it possible there can't be a middle ground between this snoozefest and the gimmicks of the Alessandro Micheles and the Demnas of the world? Anyway, it's really sad that this is Dior." [mistress_f]
"If this is her last show, give the title to Alber Elbaz, please! What a depressing collection. As always." [thatsfierce]
See all the looks from the Christian Dior collection.
HIT: Chloe
"It's a very nice collection." [Sensation]
"Come through Natacha! This is great, marvelous! In a short amount of time, she has developed her vision in a very direct way. She went back to the origins of Chloe, the Karl years, the years of flou and this collection is almost 100 percent about flou." [Lola701]
"I liked it, more so than her debut collection, it’s less complicated for starters and I absolutely loved all the prints and colors along with the bags and shoes." [GERGIN]
See all the looks from the Chloe collection.
MISS: Maison Margiela
"Never been a fan of Margiela x Galliano and I would never because it is always the same thing with the quirky pose from the models, weird styling. I don't think he is someone good at recycling ideas. He is the master of theatrics, of opulence and drama." [GivenchyAddict]
"Yes, John at Maison Margiela isn't coming to fruition. I yearn for him to go back like he designed at Dior, with a few boundaries but with a lot more freedom than at Maison Margiela. His genius isn't showing enough here." [Nymphaea]
"Galliano is really obsessed with trench coats, each collection he has designed for Margiela has at least one deconstructed trench coat...it feels very OCD!!" [jeanclaude]
See all the looks from the Maison Margiela collection.
HIT: Paco Rabanne
"YES JULIEN!! I'm glad he's back into making fun pieces instead of that really weird Peter Saville slogan hoodie era." [RedSmokeRise]
"This has to be my most fave collection of this season. I wonder what was his inspiration for this cause I'm seeing a lot of Southeast Asian references." [Ed..]
"I like this a lot! I think he is coming into his own at Paco Rabanne." [Lola701]
See all the looks from the Paco Rabanne collection.
MISS: Jacquemus
"I'm sorry, but some of it reads as a slightly higher-end Fashion Nova. Not sure what it is." [Salvatore]
"This is tragic. Fashion Nova is right." [dior_couture1245]
"This is the incorrect way to do the 'Fashion Slut'. First of all, look at how cheap the fabrics look. When you're exposing that much skin there has to be some kind of structure, otherwise everything will droop. Nobody wants to see saggy boobs! The level of taste is questionable here. It comes off very Project Runway." [GivenchyHomme]
See all the looks from the Jacquemus collection.
HIT: Ann Demeulemeester
"Daiane opening this show was already a win for me. Really gorgeous collection." [Ed..]
"He really is one of the best examples that reverence of the past does not mean rehashing ideas like for like. Totally in love with his work for Ann Demeulemeester!" [boykidlat]
See all the looks from the Ann Demeulemeester collection.
MISS: Gucci
"Gucci won't get rid of him because of the sales but mark my words, this brand will come crashing down like it did in the 80s. This is just sooo tacky and camp. At this point almost five years on it's just boring now." [disco54]
"This is just embarrassing. What a one-note designer. He's like Dolce & Gabbana - just rehashing the same crap each season. I mean, it's the same thing EVERY. SINGLE. SEASON!" [billiejbob]
"So much to see and nothing to see at the same time." [ghostwriter10549]
See all the looks from the Gucci collection.
MISS: Mugler
"What’s the project behind this? Who is this for? The cut, the fabrics, the garments are so wrong. Koma’s cut was surgical and he understood the idea of sexiness and the importance of the body in the Mugler silhouette. This is trying too hard and it lacks vision." [Lola701]
"At this point, just close the brand. Who needs this?!" [helmutnotdead]
"This was a disappointing show. I feel like they want to create some new codes for Mugler and that's why they're still trying to make the paint splash thing and cycling shorts happen but there's nothing that would say it's a Mugler collection." [perhydrol]
See all the looks from the Mugler collection.
Images: Imaxtree
We’re currently in the midst of Paris Fashion Week and the designers are pulling out all the stops. Maria Grazia Chiuri treated us to a modern dance performance at Christian Dior. Anthony Vaccarello staged his Saint Laurent show in front of a twinkling Eiffel Tower at dusk as models walked on water (yes, really) to strut down the runway in platform heels. While Alessandro Michele had none other than Jane Birkin serenade his Gucci show attendees as models flaunted his flamboyant wares in the French capital for the very first time.
During all this, our forum members have been dissecting each and every collection. Dries Van Noten gave us a luxurious and desirable collection (because when doesn’t he?), Koché showed why it has quickly become one of our favorites, while Natacha Ramsay-Levi came through with a marvelous offering for Chloe, taking the label back to its roots and receiving our approval in the process. On the opposite end of the scale, Jacquemus needed less Fashion Nova and a little more, well, Jacquemus, Michele is in dire need of new inspiration and Chiuri better watch out because Alber Elbaz may be coming for her job (at the recommendation of our forum members).
But the best is yet to come: Hedi Slimane’s highly anticipated Celine debut and whatever Karl Lagerfeld has in store for us at Chanel. Here are the hits and misses of Paris Fashion Week’s Spring 2019 season so far. Stay tuned.
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