Montreal: Denis Gagnon Fall 2009
Euphoric, apocalyptic, and deliciously luxurious: Last night’s Denis Gagnon show was the highlight of Fashion Week.
At Fullum and Holt’s industrial headquarters, the models worked the concrete catwalk to intense opera melodies, post-punk and pop clad in Gagnon’s usual black minimalist uniforms--leather dresses, jersey tops, leggings and voluminous jackets--but this time the crystal and sequin embroidery on the pants, dresses and models’ heads added a refreshing touch of class. Luxuriant fox furs were wrapped around the neck and even used for asymetrical dresses.
I’m crazy about Harakiri’s oversized Lego-and-crystal brooches, necklaces and bangles, which added a maximum of pizzaz to the show. Denis Gagnon’s collection was everybody’s coup de coeur, I noted as I battled my way through the crowd to get a hold of a vodka tonic as Montreal’s most beautiful people danced to Thomas Von Party’s sexy electro beats.
