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01 February
Paris is widely considered to be the capital of the fashion industry. Thus, our final stop on the Fashion Month circuit is home to some of the biggest luxury labels, from Christian Dior to Louis Vuitton, and bright young talents too. Follow our recap of the best that Paris Fashion Week spring 2021 has to offer.
Alexander Mcqueen
Sarah Burton distilled the Spring/Summer offering into four words, "Back to London, coming home." The brand has historically shown in Paris, but its founder and creative director are London-born and bred. "Shape, silhouette and volume, the beauty of the bare bones of clothing stripped back to its essence—a world charged with emotion and human connection,” Burton explains of the collection.
Saint Laurent
Creative director Anthony Vaccarello began the season dreaming of the desert, wanting ease, a cool factor, and some fluffy marabout fringes, of course. "I wanted to focus on the essence of things," he explains, "I think it’s a sign of the times. But I didn’t want anything bleak or heavy. The desert, to me, symbolizes that yearn for serenity, open space, a slower rhythm. The clothes are also softer, the spirit of the collection is more gentle, stripped back." The results are mini dresses, languid sheer dresses, menswear-inspired separates, and overall the kind of chic, wearable pieces we can just picture hanging out at our Midcentury modern desert home in. -Kerry Pieri
Celine
Celine took a trip to Monaco’s Louis II stadium to create a lookbook and video for spring 2021, but the collection felt very in keeping with the classic American prep school look Hedi Slimane has been refining for seasons. From smart navy or tweed blazers paired with track shorts and denim cut-offs, toprinted maxi skirts with oversized track jackets and buttondowns with boyfriend jeans, it was all very The Official Preppy Handbook. Logos abound on oversized bags, hats, and cropped t-shirts. Slimane can tell a whole sartorial story on the runway and when you walk away from it you discover that he’s in fact given you a stellar rendition of any particular piece you can think of—from slouchy denim to a leather blazer and a pussy bow blouse. —Kerry Pieri
Lacoste
With roots in tennis and having outfitted the French national team at the Olympic Games for over 50 years, Lacoste’s archive in sportswear is rich and vast. And creative director Louise Trotter took full advantage of it for the spring 2021 season. From chic tennis sweaters and skirts to nautical windbreakers with turtlenecks to sleek jogging trousers under anoraks, all the athletic pastimes were represented and refreshed. She toyed with deadstock, exaggerated the silhouettes and prints, and displayed the looks via images shot in locations around Paris that are off the beaten path. —Barry Samaha
