Dior celebrates 1950s rebels in Paris, tributes continue for Lagerfeld
Christian Dior lit up the Paris catwalk with a commemoration of vintage youth culture on Tuesday, with designer Maria Grazia Chiuri going back to the French label'due south 1950s origins with flared A-line skirts and jackets or poncho-style wraps cinched at the waist.
Dior, one of the biggest French labels presenting at Paris Fashion Calendar week, showed off looks featuring leather jackets paired with whispier, polka-dotted skirts, while chequered prints in ruddy, light-green and black dominated other outfits.
Styles referenced the "Teddy Girls" – 50s era daughter gangs, who, similar their "Teddy Boy" counterparts, wore Edwardian-inspired clothes that came to ascertain this quirky, rebellious subculture.
Chiuri told Reuters she was inspired to return to this catamenia and explore Dior'southward human relationship with Britain when the make decided to put on a retrospective exhibit forth these lines at London'south V&A museum.
PVC pelting hats, chunky boots and tartan prints added to the British feel of the collection, where Chiuri too revisited the pleated, longer skirts and see-through textures she has come up to favour.
The nine days of rail presentations in Paris, which began on Monday evening with young labels including France's Jacquemus, follows mode weeks in New York, London and Milan that also showcased styles for next autumn and winter.
Highlights in French republic volition include designer debuts at storied couture firm Lanvin, which is striving for a turnaround nether new Chinese possessor Fosun, as well every bit at Nina Ricci.
But all eyes will exist on Karl Lagerfeld'southward terminal collection for Chanel, the make known for its tweed suits which he turned into a luxury powerhouse in more 35 years equally creative chief.
Lagerfeld died last calendar week aged 85, and his last Chanel designs will air on March 5.
'ALCHEMIST' LAGERFELD
Dior's Chiuri paid homage to Lagerfeld in her show calling him an "alchemist of elegance and beauty" in a press note.
"I was and so honoured to meet him initially in my career in Fendi," she told reporters, maxim his death was a "time for reflection" about the past and hereafter of fashion.
At the star-studded Dior testify, where actresses Jennifer Lawrence and Lily Collins saturday on the front row, guests besides paid tribute to Lagerfeld's unique qualities.
"His crazy way of thinking, his freedom of expression, his constantly renewed creativity in all the arts linked to fashion, whether it be textiles, embroidery," former Socialist minister Segolene Royale told Reuters.
"It's a true joy to see this creativity proceed and resist the trivialisation of globalisation."
The get-go full day of Paris Style Week was set to close on Tuesday with the latest drove by Kering brand Saint Laurent.
(Writing past Sarah White; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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