Paris Fashion Week: Damir Doma, Dries Van Noten, Rochas, Gareth Pugh and Mugler shows

From September 25 to October 3, Spring-Summer Fashion Week takes place in Paris. By tradition, Look At Me talks about the most remarkable PFW shows, demonstrates the mindboards of designers and collects comments from industry professionals. In the review of the second day - the show Damir Doma, Mugler and Gareth Pugh.

Damir doma

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Once again, Damir Doma experiments with proportions and texture of fabric, creating, in his own words, "a new timeless classic"

The sympathies of the designer in this season are clearly given to Japanese culture.

The debut collection of sunglasses on the show - the result of a collaboration with the German brand Mykita

Mudbord

Collages

Judo, kimono and japanese pilots

Helmut Lang's Deconstruction

What critics think about the Damir Doma collection

Women's Wear Daily

Cosmopolitanism is always present in the collections of Damir Doma, a Croatian by birth, a Frenchman by place of residence

Nicole Phelps Style.com

In the past, his collections have sinned obsessive melancholy, but today's show has declared itself quite strongly

Dries van noten

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Dries Van Nothen - one of the representatives of the "Antwerp Six" avant-garde designers of the 80s

Van Noten describes his collection as "haute couture simplicity of casual clothing," where "everything pretends to be what it really is not."

Lead make-up artist Chanel Peter Philips was in charge of the make-up.

Mudbord

Painting of Lucien Freud

1990s Grunge and Kurt Cobain

Peignoir and pajama cage

What critics think about the Dries Van Noten collection

Mark Holgate, Vogue.com

This talented and sensitive designer carries us along into an odyssey of emotions. It seems to envelop us with comfort, but it does so in an easy, casual manner.

Thomas Adamson Denverpost.com

Dries Van Nothen, who started with the design of men's clothing, showed the best show to date, skillfully combining men's cut in the collection with a floral palette of harmonious shades

Rochas

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Rochas previous creative director Olivier Theyskens, who relied on demicure (which affected the price of work), almost brought the fashion house to a complete ruin.

Beach Boys Soundtrack Show

"Youth, simplicity and romance" - Marco Dzanini commented on his show

Mudbord

50s

Tennis

Photo by Irvin Penn

What do critics think about the Rochas collection

Women's Wear Daily

It is difficult to unravel the general idea of this collection: due to the chaotic scatter of references, images do not add up to a single picture.

Hemish Bowles, Vogue.com

The mix of classics and silhouettes of the 50s sounds elegant in a modern way.

Nicole Phelps Style.com

Zanini obviously demonstrates his propensity for eccentricities again.

Gareth Pugh

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Gareth Pugh - a protégé of American designer Rick Owens, who, of course, watched the triumph of his mentor from the first row

The designer himself, giving the definition of the collection, speaks of "coarse femininity." Makeup artists are trying to convey it, making the model "tear-stained eyes", but in a bitchy little red lips

Musical accompaniment was a vocal a cappella of Latin American singer Rebeca Del Rio.