‘Courrèges’ and ‘trash’ are two words we never thought we’d write in the same sentence yet, here we are. Dw, that’s not a reflection of the clothes on show, but rather of the context in which it was shown! See our Paris AW '22 show reviews as they happen:
. You know the drill by now, but we’ll say it again — tune in here for all the latest, chicest news to know as and when it happens.‘Courrèges’ and ‘trash’ are two words we never thought we’d write in the same sentence, and yet, here we are.
Of course, there’s been much said about the relationship between the incumbent creative director’s vision and the club, but here the reference was in fact to a 1973 collection that Nicolas exhumed a video of from the archive. Shown in a junkyard, André Courrèges’ exquisitely cut, geometric clothes were brought into relief — more importantly, though, the context anchored the garments in a gritty sense of reality, making them feel far more tangible than they would in an airy salon.
A similar spirit colours Nicolas’ vision for the house. As stunning as his pieces look on Kendall Jenner walking down a runway, he is a designer who makes clothes that truly come to life when seen on passersby on the streets. The collection he presented yesterday excavated Courrèges’s key aesthetic codes— graphic lines, body-confident sensuality, and stark geometries. “We really draped around geometric shapes.
Against the absurdly troubling headlines that have rocked the world over the past week, that may raise a couple of eyebrows. It should be noted, however, that rather than a kneejerk reaction to current affairs – it takes, after all, a little bit longer than a week to pull together a 100-look collection! The themes of protection it broached were of a far more personal nature.
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