Spring 2011 preview: What we loved at Paris Fashion Week
WHAT THEY’LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN 5 YEARS: The Chanel show, which took over the entire Grand Palais with some 3,000 seats, 87 models and an 80-piece orchestra.
QUEEN FOR A DAY Perched on a throne, Naomi Campbell autographed T-shirts for Fashion For Relief Haiti at the Dolce & Gabbana boutique on Avenue Montaigne, to mark the 25th year of her career.
I WANT… The entire debut Theyskens’ Theory collection by Olivier Theyskens.
SMARTEST TECH TRICK: The Bar at the Hôtel de Crillon had giant screens displaying tweets from Paris Fashion Week.
EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT... How impossible it was to get a reservation at the Ralph Lauren restaurant, Ralph’s.
MOST DISRUPTIVE ARRIVAL:
Kate Moss at Christian Dior—she was surrounded by dozens of photographers trying to squeeze through the doorway.
MY FAVOURITE… SHOW INVITE:
Stella McCartney’s—her name was spelled in multi-coloured Silly Bandz.
MY FAVOURITE…PARTY:
The launch of a Louis Vuitton photo exhibit featuring African artists, at which Bono leapt onstage to jam with singer Angélique Kidjo.
MY FAVOURITE…SHOW:
Giles Deacon’s debut for Emanuel Ungaro—models milled around a mash-up of Volkswagen Beetles buried under daisies and hydrangeas. The house’s way of saying Lindsay Lohan has been deep-sixed?
PARIS FASHION WEEK SPRING 2011
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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.