Paris: Catherine Deneuve's mouth fell open

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Paris: Catherine Deneuve's mouth fell open
Paris: Catherine Deneuve's mouth fell open
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After the melancholic atmosphere prevailing at Milan Fashion Week, we waited with even greater curiosity for the last stop of the multi-week fashion tour, Paris. None of the fashion metropolises did not disappoint this year, the fashion designers in Paris couldn't have let the world know that they are fed up with the crisis that hit the beginning of the 2000s.

The solution seems to be that they turned back the wheel of time to the nineties and took the most decisive trends of the last decade of the twentieth century, the grunge style and romanticism, to the catwalk. To our great surprise, in addition to the increasingly popular Hungarian models, Mono Fashion's own brand, Nubu, also presented its fall-winter collection in Paris this year. See how they imagine the second half of 2013 in the city of lights!

1. Alexander Wang's first collection for Balenciaga

"He is the conductor, the others are just musicians," Christian Dior once said about Cristobal Balenciaga, who died in 1972. After such strong words, great pressure was put on the newly elected creative director of the fashion house, Alexander Wang, who a few weeks ago in New York still shocked the audience with knitted spacesuits. However, Wang's first collection inspired by marbles was well received by the fashion industry.

The brand, which mostly targets the fashion elite, imagines autumn in black, white and gray colors, which the 29-year-old designer made special with strange shapes, rounded shoulders, cut-out evening dresses, vests and veined furs. Of course, the fashion house belonging to the PPR luxury brand group has been attacked for wanting to increase their presence in the Asian market by signing Wang. What do you think, did Wang stand his ground with the new collection, or do you agree with us and do you think he borrowed too much from last year's Dior collection by Raf Simons?

Balenciaga's first collection with Alexander Wang
Balenciaga's first collection with Alexander Wang

2. Louis Vuitton sold out the show with Kate Moss

Marc Jacobs' checkered collection from last year came into fashion almost at the same time as its release. With his Fall/Winter 2013 pieces, he probably won't outdo his escalator combos, but overall he presented a fine and witty collection on the final day of fashion week. Among the charming, 19th-century blue wallpapered walls, supermodels like Kate Moss, Georgia May Jagger or Cara Delevingne, who came into fashion, presented Empire-cut dresses reminiscent of satin, lace and velvet dressing gowns.

The hearts of the editors of Vogue.com were touched by the sensibility of the designer flaunting in pajamas, in their opinion, although cheeky, he finally showed his intimate, romantic, human side. Do you agree with the message of Jacobs' show and collection, that life is a hotel, or do you find what you see to be more impressionistic?

Kate Moss was the star guest at the Louis Vuitton presentation
Kate Moss was the star guest at the Louis Vuitton presentation

3. Lagerfeld doesn't shoot at the age of 79

At Chanel's fall-winter show, Daft Punk's "Around the World" was played by models marching around a huge globe in the Grand Palais. The biggest surprises of the show were the colorful fur hats reminiscent of American dancer-actress Louise Brooks's trademark bob hairstyle, thigh-high knitted socks and boots studded with chains, and jackets embroidered with three-dimensional, layered crocheted flowers. We hope that, in addition to the obligatory tweed jackets, next fall, black organza dresses and sunset pink jackets will also make a comeback in the fast-fashion stores.

Black and white colors also on the Chanel catwalk
Black and white colors also on the Chanel catwalk

4. Saint Laurent: Catherine Deneuve's mouth dropped open

It can be said that the presence of Hedi Slimane thoroughly turned the Parisian fashion world upside down. It seems unlikely, but the muse of the legendary fashion house in 2013 is none other than Courtney Love. Slimane's tousled-haired models showcased glamorous evening dresses in grunge-inspired plaid flannel and fishnet tights, leather and glittery tulle pieces and buckled boots for Californian band Thee Oh Sees' Tidal Wave, which vogue.com says Sitting in the front row, Catherine Deneuve (former YSL muse) was speechless.

Although Yves Saint Laurent himself liked to use such motifs in similar variations in the seventies and eighties, most of the audience still thought that Slimane's collection was not at all worthy of the legendary designer who died in 2008. The divisive presentation and chic collection was perhaps one of the most honest and daring moves during the fashion week from New York to Paris.

Leather goods and checked shirts on the Saint Laurent catwalk this year
Leather goods and checked shirts on the Saint Laurent catwalk this year

5. Miu Miu is inspired by the surreal world of comics

After the film noir-like Prada show presented in Milan, Miuccia Prada came up with a fun and frivolous show in Paris. Going beyond the black and white color world, the fashion house gave its doll-like models ankle-length skirts and jackets, which they combined with striped stockings and French neck scarves. From the collection inspired by the American characters Damon Runyon and the pop-art artist Roy Lichtenstein - although they don't make any sense - we liked the long skirt made of faux fur and the sleeveless, sporty "pipe jacket" the most.

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