Paris Fashion Week: Chanel, Valentino, Alexander McQueen and Paco Rabanne Shows

From September 25 to October 3, Fashion Week takes place in Paris. Look At Me continues to talk about the most notable shows of PFW, demonstrate the mindboards of designers and collect comments from industry professionals. In the review of the eighth day - shows of Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Paco Rabanne, as well as the lookbook of the Tom Ford spring-summer collection.

Chanel

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“This collection conveys the general mood of our time, there’s nothing to be interpreted here,” couturier Lagerfeld said after the show. “It’s about everything that is in the air here and now”

The make-up of the models was with an emphasis on the eyes: a wide black eyeliner with arrows and gray shadows with a metallic sheen, generously applied throughout the century

The show took place in the Grand Palais. Glass ceiling vaults and snow-white wind turbines as decorations for the show created the necessary feeling of open space and an abundance of fresh air.

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Chanel pearls and floral applications

Fresh air and windmills

Spring color palette

What critics think about the Chanel collection

Francesca Burns, Vogue uk

It was an excellent, very optimistic and elegant collection.

Jessica Bumpus, Vogue uk

Lagerfeld did not allow any fanfare, trumpeting in honor of other collections seen in Paris, to steal his place under the sun.

Katie Chorin, The new york times

It is always quite difficult to say where Carl takes the ideas for his collections, or whether he sees the end result when he starts making sketches. But his talent to convey abstract impressions and his attitude towards them truly fascinates

Valentino

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During the time of its formation, the clients of the Valentino fashion house were Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy, for whom the couturier sewed a custom-made wedding dress

Valentino Garavani and his lover Giancarlo Jammetti, who later became a business partner, hid their relationship for twelve years

Maria Grazia Kyuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, who worked side by side with Garavani for about ten years, were responsible for the line of accessories before heading the fashion house in October 2008

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Aristocratic

Heritage House Valentino

Italian Cinema and Sophia Loren

What critics think about the Valentino collection

Nicole Phelps Style.com

In the images created by the duet of Cury-Piccioli, you will feel like a real princess, although they have a hint of the flirtatious Belle de Jour

Alexander McQueen

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The background for the closing of the show was The Archies track called Sugar Sugar

At the end of the show, a short film by the English director John Maybury was shown about bees, resembling scenes from a horror movie

Burton stressed that she focused on "sensuality and feminine proportions, in order to achieve ease without excessive exposure"

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Beekeeping and honey comb

Tudors and crinolines

Hourglass silhouette

What critics think about the Alexander McQueen collection

Tim Blanks, Style.com

So sweet that diabetics will have a seizure.

Sarah Mower, Vogue.com

Burton, unlike McQueen himself, seeks inspiration in the more creative forces of nature.

Paco rabanne

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Lydia Maurer replaced creative director Manish Arora, having worked for some time under his leadership, and even earlier in the homes of Yves Saint Laurent and Givenchy

“I concentrated on playing textures: mix leather with plastic to create new, soft and light images,” said Maurer at the backstage show

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Improvisations with skin

Paco Rabanne Archives

Decadence

What critics think about the Paco Rabanne collection

Jessica Bumpus, Vogue uk

The collection was well-styled and the models showed it with undisguised pleasure, but still not everyone would like it

Tom ford

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For several seasons in a row, Tom Ford has been displaying collections in an atmosphere of the strictest secrecy at his London headquarters for the narrowest range of guests and the press, so the collection itself can only be assessed at the beginning of the season. But this time, he released a lookbook a couple of days after the show, which can talk about format changes in the future.

Ford described his collection as "the struggle of innocence with viciousness"

In 2008, Tom Ford made his debut as a director, removing the tape "Single Man". At the 2009 Venice Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Golden Lion Prize