Bad-girl-meets-good-girl was a
story line at Miu Miu's show Wednesday, the final day of Paris
Fashion Week that ended the month-long spring-summer 2016 season
with hundreds of shows in four cities across two continents.
The good girls donned delicious ballerina shoes, placed a
little tiara over their heads - a key hair accessory next season
- and were ready for action in a light tulle coat.
Their tough peers instead stepped on the catwalk in chunky
platforms designed with a lightning bolt patchwork, stomping
around in mannish coats.
Indeed men's wear-style coats will be a staple next spring
for the tailoring-addicted Miu Miu woman.
The coats debuted Wednesday were oversized with large
collars and geometrically patterned with a diamond motif.
One of Miuccia Prada's staples - fox stoles - were also a
central outerwear item in bright pastels.
On a softer feminine note, ruffled sheer organza jackets
and dresses were layered over midi-length checked skirts, shirts
and knits.
Meanwhile on the same day Nicolas Ghesquière presented a
spring-summer show inspired by a "journey to the frontiers of
the digital era" at the Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton
Foundation.
The Louis Vuitton models walked down the catwalk with
leather-bandaged hands, ready for a fight - like female warriors
starring in the video games that reportedly inspired the
collection.
They wore sublime leather jackets, one with red vertical
stripes running up one sleeve and the house's iconic monogram on
the other.
Other renditions of the short leather jacket for spring
included a pink moto number with bold black detailing.
Ghesquière's journey into virtual territory inspired mini
kilts and patchwork patterned pants, mesh tops and waistcoats in
the classic 'damier' check.
Washed silks were crafted into long gowns, jumpsuits and a
trench coat.
There were also color-blocked shorts and a 1980s staple,
the bubble skirt, along with holographic dresses in tulle
covered in celluloid sequins - combining refined sophistication
with unapologetic toughness.
There was plenty of edge in these warriors' accessories as
well.
Their travelling attire for next spring - suitable both for
real and virtual journeys - will include box bags with a new
rendition of the mini locket purse sporting studs and tassels,
and a large two-tone carryall.
And they will hold their ground with creeper sandals or
steel toe-cap boots.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, shortly before French luxury
conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton debuted its
spring-summer collection, rival French luxury and sportswear
group Kering announced it had hired Demna Gvasalia as the new
designer for Balenciaga.
Gvasalia, the 34-year-old head designer of the cult
collective Vetements label, is the third artistic director of
the storied house in four years, after Nicolas Ghesquière and
Alexander Wang.
He will also remain as head designer of Vetements, whose
streetwear aesthetic is a far cry from the historically elitist
Balenciaga, which Ghesquière revived during his 15 years as
artistic director.
Ghesquière left Balenciaga in 2012 and joined Vuitton the
following year as artistic director of the women's collections.
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