Paris Fashion Week Day 2

We get it - the 80’s are back. We saw the color flashing at us in London, now it’s the rhinestones in Paris. Designer Christophe Decarnin put forth a good effort with a theme not much unlike Studio 54. This collection is clearly for the party-girls but the exaggerated shoulders on the Sergeant Pepper’s-esque jackets caught our eye.

-Lynn Furge

6 pm Rick Owens

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If you kick out the nun’s habits and the slouch Clydesdale booties, Owen’s produced an interesting graphic show today. The palette was solely black and grey; bringing us back to the reality of the times after Milan doused us with flowers. The cut outs were beautifully placed and layered with more slouchy pieces making them have an almost Japanese influence.

-Lynn Furge

7 pm Nina Ricci

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Better get ready to show some leg this spring. Olivier Theyskens displayed both his artistry and his imagination today with a collection that cascaded down the runway like a waterfall. Although the dresses were diverse in texture and fabric choices all had the same shape and each one was crafted with such meticulous perfection that the story within the story of every girl’s look clearly became the ethereal Victorian beauty of spring.

-Lynn Furge

9 pm Marlies Dekkers

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“A True Love Story” told in chapters of white, red and black Dekkers’ lingerie collection while consistent to her unique style alluded more to inspiration from Xena the warrior Princess in comparison to her reputation for more seductive designs I associate with love. Or maybe that’s just the story I told myself... A few pieces inspired by an interpretation of sportive shin guards and the garter belt were all that connected me to the concept of independent women and a possible sexy alternative to leg warmers. While Dekker remains sexy and empowering to women this true love story just did not capture my heart.- Stephanie Ford