(Paris) A women’s fashion week under political auspices began Monday in Paris, with a fashion show in the presence of the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati and Brigitte Macron, and the announcement of a prestigious event in June.
The 27 graduates of the Master of Arts in Fashion Design from the French Fashion Institute, considered the most prestigious international couture design school, presented their unconventional graduation collection in front of the first lady, in leather jackets , and the Minister of Culture.
Rachida Dati, passionate about fashion and designer dresses, made her first public “fashion” appearance since her appointment, in a denim jacket and white t-shirt.
At the same time, Anne Hidalgo announced, alongside Anna Wintour, the holding on June 23 of a major event at Place Vendôme, under the leadership of the magazine Vogueto celebrate the Olympic Games, as a glamorous “pre-ceremony”.
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The 27 graduates of the Master of Arts in Fashion Design from the French Fashion Institute, considered the most prestigious international couture design school, presented their unconventional graduation collection.
“It will be a mix of fashion show, entertainment and performances and a few surprises,” the editor-in-chief of VogueAnna Wintour, during a press conference in Paris.
It will be a tribute to the hundred years of French fashion, since the last Paris Olympics in 1924, added Mme Wintour.
Several renowned creators will take part in this very rare collective event. Among them, the French Jacquemus and Olivier Rousteing, artistic director of the house of Balmain, and Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton, all present at the launch press conference.
“It’s rare that we are together like this,” underlined Olivier Rousteing.
As for the shows, the young Belgian designer Marie Adam-Leenaerdt, who opened the show, made a declaration of love for the skirt.
“I start from the principle that the real secret of a wardrobe is that the dresses must not become obsolete,” she explained to journalists, just before launching her models into the arena.
And the timeless, pillar of the trend “ quiet luxury », dear to Paris translates into feminine tuxedos with impeccable cuts or a pearl gray dress tied at the waist.
At CFCL (Clothing For Contemporary Life), a label created in 2020 and a figure of the new Japanese generation, the female winter silhouette also aspires to visual sobriety.
The designer, a specialist in knitwear, has widened the shoulders, an omnipresent cut on next season’s tops, and imagined transparent pants, like underwear, another clear trend for next season, this time for the bottom.