Paris Fashion Week | A fashion show by Charaf Tajer

(Paris) The Franco-Moroccan designer Charaf Tajer, promoter of street fashion on the catwalks, presented on Wednesday a fashion show at the Cirque d’Hiver in Paris, inspired by Antiquity, but in the form of choreography punctuated by Björk’s voice and disco sounds.

Venus as a Boyname of the parade and also the hit of the Icelandic star of the 1990s, an era which inspired Charaf Tajer, without arousing nostalgia.

“‘Venus as a boy’ is the nickname my friends gave me, it’s the story of a man who looks at life through beauty,” explains the young designer to AFP, who was rumored to have He could be collection director at Kenzo three years ago.

The label, created in 2018, joined the official Fashion Week calendar in September and is considered part of the new Parisian guard.

For his second show, the designer designed a collection for femme fatales in prints, with flowers and references to antiquity, from pottery to Greek colonnades.

Installed on the red armchairs of the Bouglione room, French actresses and international footballers in the front row had come for the “show” promised by Casablanca.

Evening wear, blood red bodycon cocktail dress, dinner jackets for men and women and semi-sheer rhinestone blouses.

Among the outfits that shined during the show was a jet black mini dress with a delicate beaded fringe encrusted at the bust.

Casablanca was born in 2018 from Charaf Tajer’s double obsession, on the one hand for architecture, which he studied, and on the other hand from his thirst for nightlife, after years at the head of a nightclub Parisian (le Pompon).

“For us, each collection is an entire wardrobe. The idea is that from pajamas to tuxedos, everything is represented,” explains the designer, who also introduces many sports elements, notably his line of espadrilles.

“For us, it’s important the idea of ​​putting sport above and adding luxury to sport, it’s something that speaks to us a lot,” he says.