PFW Women’s Fall/Winter 2017/18 Recap

Fashion Month Is Over Folks! Paris was the last revealing stop for the Fall/Winter Women Collections. 

The Parisian actors were many, from Chanel, Valentino, Giambattista Valli and so on, all of whom have showcased their new version of Woman for the next season. From the couture woman, to the glam woman, to the minimal woman, the proposals were endless and intriguing.

At his third Balenciaga show, visionnaire Gemna Vasalia, impressed with a great collection, undoubtedly one of the best for this season. Vasalia paid homage to the fashion architect, Monsieur Cristobal Balenciaga, at the hundredth anniversary of the brand’s foundation. The talented designer integrated the contemporary millenial woman with the woman muse found in the brand’s archives. Gemma Vasalia concluded the nine made-to-order ball gowns show, by accompanying the classic Balenciaga volumes with neon tight-fitting boots. 

Céline’s set-up was created by the french artist Philippe Parreno along with Phoebe Philo’s poetic, refined and pragmatic know-how, resulting in desirable and well-crafted garments. Romeo Gigli’s inspiration was also present and the man behind the outstanding accessories, meant to become an evergreen in numerous female wardrobes. 

The Saint Laurent’s FW17/18 Woman, envisioned by Anthony Vaccarello are raw, direct, powerful and self-confident, with audacious miniskirts, asymmetric cuts and important sleeves, predominantly in black leather, paint and gold. As always, legs stayed in the foreground. 

The first Givenchy post-Tisci collection was actually a celebration of the most iconic pieces by Riccardo Tisci, the man who for 12 years remarkably led the French fashion house. 27 looks with unique hues: The famous Red Givenchy, will be available in stores in black and nude shades. 

Acne Studio’s Collection known for its nordic touch, was defined by rich layers of garments full of life. Floral prints embellished fabrics such as silk, cotton, corduroy, wool and leather. With the same coollnes Gesquière chez Louis Vuitton, among the masterpieces of the Louvre, proposed a practical, current and essential collection. Long dresses were replaced by  knee length or above the knee dresses. 

Miuccia Prada, the cleverest of the fashion Kingdom, presented the Fall/Winter MiuMiu Woman as a Woman that can never go unnoticed; a woman whose relationship with fashion is fun glamourous and mad.  Real and faux furs were juxtaposed with sequined cocktail dresses and grand mink hats. The color range was pleasant, soft and discreet: Powder pink, mint green, blue, lemon yellow, lilac, raspberry pink and candy colors. 

For his 100th show, Dries Van Noten chose essentialism espressed through minimalism, avoiding any type of celebratory excess. A sort of a reunion joined by his 54 epoch-making models and the brand’s classic prints. 

“L’amour d’un gitan” is the title of the latest show of Jacquemus, a brand which built its story on the Frenchness aesthetic. 

Loewe designed by J.W. Anderson, it’s a brand with a lot of expectations under its belt.  “…a textural collection that plays and expands on what the house has accomplished with leather, interspersing it with a melodramatic element …The collection is a continuation. The dislocating void of the setting hints at the uncertain state in which the character of previous seasons returns. Where will she go next? How does she survive? Tension lurks beneath a veneer of composure. A heroine, astray, holds on to mystery…”

It’s a fact, Paris never ceases to touch us in a profound way!