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AW Fashion: Paris Fashion Week Runway Trends
Rousteing looked to the year2050 for his retrofuturisticBalmain FW '18 collectionrecalling silhouettes from the80s and 90s for which theconcept is most associated(US Vogue). For this dress,velvet is lined and studdedwith a lot of crystals.
All Woman, Fashion, Lifestyle, Local Lifestyle, Tuesday Style
March 11, 2018

AW Fashion: Paris Fashion Week Runway Trends

Paris Fashion Week started high and ended on the same note with established brands showcasing their very best for fall/winter 2018.

Christian Dior, Balmain, Isabel Marant and Saint Laurent were but a few of the iconic fashion houses sharing tales of their opulent travels — Western America for Isabel Marant and Moscow for Peter Dundas and his newly conceived eponymous brand. Or else they were making politically charged statements — as the tone of late has been — with Maria Grazia Chiuri’s “youthquake” and “feminist”/60s-inspired collection (US Vogue) or varying motifs/trends that looked to the future (US Vogue on Balmain).

On the runways 80s-inspired, heavy-top minis could be spotted along with all-black/”blackout” pieces, the return of the trench, luminescent fabrics in silk, lamé or PVC and, of course, the ever-so-decadent velvet pleuche. It was all luxe and very impressive.

All Woman Fashion ends our Fashion Week trend watch with the Parisian runways.

Carmen March FW ’18 with80s shapes in this heavy top,band bottom mini
Sequins, finedrapery andpuffed shoulderselevate this80s-inspiredSaint Laurent FW’18 dress.
Puffed sleeveson ruched laméfor this IsabelMarant FW’18 .
An80s-channelling,padded-shouldermini fromBalenciaga FW’18
All black atBalmain FW ’18
CarmenMarch FW’18 exhibiteda vinyl leathersuit matchedwith ankleboots, all inblack.
All-blackat IsabelMarantFW ’18,featuringa devorétop andhighwaistedtrousers
An all-blackground-grazingknit gown pairedwith a 40s veilpillbox hat at NinaRicci FW ’18
Saint International modelElecia Gordon, one of eightJamaican models featuredin the Balenciaga FW ’18collection.
Saint International modelElecia Gordon, one of eightJamaican models featuredin the Balenciaga FW ’18collection.
A denim and bouclé trench fromBalmain FW 18
Chloé FW ’18 double-buttonedtrench dress
“Youthquake” of the late60s-inspired Grazia Chiuri’sChristian Dior FW ’18collection illustrating therebellious uprisings against“consumerism, Americanimperialism [and] a corruptgovernment” – US Vogue. Thislook matched denim with anavy trench.
An army green corduroytrench from Nina Ricci FW ‘1
Olivier Theyskens FW ’18 allblackknit trench all the wayfrom the Gothic and moodyearly 90s
Balmain FW 18′ iridescentPVC ensemble, featuringa trench of the samefuturistic/80s fabric
Chloé FW ’18experimented with theshine factor like thissilky cream top.
Nina Ricci FW’18 creased silkponcho dress
Saint Laurent FW’18 iron-studded,chainmail 80smini
Isabel Marant FW’18 ruched lamémini
For his first fall/wintercollection Peter Dundaslooked to Russia forinspiration: “the opulence ofRussian hospitality, Orthodoxchurches [and] gildedpalaces”, which certainlytranslated into this goldpleuche dress with threading,beading and jewels.
OlivierTheyskensFW ’18semicrushedvelvetpleuchedress
SaintLaurentFW ’18emeraldpleuchetux
Ralph andRusso FW’18 deepburgundypleuche

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