Paris: Rivets, cardboard and chalk at A.F. Vandevorst
For the Fall 2010 A.F. Vandevorst collection, designers An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx created draped layers in camel, black, burgundy and red. Structured skirts and jackets were dotted with rivets (also played out on corrugated breastplates and boots articulated at the knee) and many of the black pieces were covered with chalky scribbles and white dust.
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Bernadette Morra is the former editor-in-chief of FASHION magazine. She has been covering the Canadian and international fashion scenes for more than 30 years, first at The Toronto Star, then at FASHION. Over her long career Bernadette has interviewed many fashion world legends including Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford and Gianni Versace.