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Ennio Capasa’s Spring 2010 Show, for Costume National, at Paris Fashion Week, showcased luxe leathers and creamy silks in deep browns, slate grays and paler blues. His premise was "tender heart, tough exterior," which possibly explained biker-chick combo of jacket and shorts. Simple but alluring deep-v halter necks, scarves incorporated

Karl Lagerfeld's spring/summer collection for Chanel, presented a rustic look with a complete romp in the hay at Paris Fashion Week. There were sheer shawls, flowers, a little bit of denim and even some tumbleweed. The Chanel country coquettes managed their way around with rustic reference in Karl Lagerfeld's extensive repertoire

As YSL program notes put it, “the drive toward a natural and honest chic, an aesthetic paradigm of new minimalism" is picking up speed during Paris Fashion Week. The intellectual aspirations of Stefano Pilati, always lead him to think long and hard about contemporaneity. Some designs from Spring/Summer 2010 collection, appeared

Stella McCartney is generally known for her muted palette in subtle shades of flesh, grey and cream. But for spring/summer 2010 she is moving into The Tropics for her collection. McCartney unleashed a parade of orange, pink, electric blue, turquoise, sunflower-yellow and purple, in her show at Paris prêt-à-porter season. Stella

Dries Van Noten brought 19th century explorers' adventures back to vibrant life during his recent fashion show at Paris Fashion Week. He unveiled a line of exquisite fabrics, extraordinary prints and imprudent wearable clothes with brilliant mix of colors. It was clear from very first outfit on runway, that we were

Hussein Chalayan was in a sophisticated and smooth mood for Spring, and that extended to his own appearance as well. He astonished his audience by leading the show like a forties band leader, with lounge-lizard tux, slicked-back hair, and pencil mustache. Backed by Italian rumba band, Farniente, he kept over a

Clean, pure and intensely focused, Riccardo Tisci’s spring/summer 2010 vision for Givenchy showed designer art at the height of his powers. Undoubtedly, Tisci has moved up to the elite group of designers who matter most in Paris. From the very first look with a geometrically striped black & white jersey jacket

Double respect is due to John Galliano for making fabulous designs and setting a romantic mood for Christian Dior this season. Show was inspired by a ‘film noir’ backdrop of a derelict warehouse, suffused with shadowy light and dry ice. In keeping with Bacall-Bogart theme, the trench-coat was a

Christophe Decarnin has always done excellent job for glittery, and highly padded shoulder designs. It's a known fact that cost of his single jacket (costing $9,000 or thereabouts), could pay for an entire wardrobe of Balmain knockoffs for ten teenage girls. But it hardly matters for fashion enthusiasts

Balenciaga’s Nicolas Ghesquière went on a different path at Paris prêt-à-porter season unleashing a wild, tribal potpourri of fluoro-color, vintage print, fabric and accessories. He reclaimed beat of street athleticism with hoodie, done here as a highly structured paneled leather vest; complex tanks; skinny, vertically patch-worked jeans; and

Gareth Pugh, young British designer famous for his extreme, cyber-gothic, all-black, collections, made it a grey day at Paris Fashion Week. He created a melancholic vision in every shade of grey from smoke to pewter. Pugh mixed menswear and womens-wear in his show. His men's clothes were significantly