Missed some Paris Fashion Week?
Wanna know which shows U need to look up now??
Well thanks to the lovely reviews, it’s super easy to narrow it down.
According to the critics, the top ten fashion shows from Paris Fashion Week A/W 2012 were:
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
“Even those in the audience who queried the absence of anything approaching clothes for the everyday surrendered to the forward movement of the stunning technique. As for pushing herself, Burton has tapped a vein of absolute magic. Its spell is irresistible.”
—Style
LOUIS VUITTON
“It was impossible not to flash back to John Galliano├óΓé¼Γäós own stream locomotive excursion on the Diorient Express back in 1998 ├óΓé¼┬ª Galliano was king of Paris fashion then, the ringmaster of the fashion circus. It was also the point when Jacobs tentatively began to treed his own path at Vuitton├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥commemorated in that exhibition, opening today and juxtaposing Jacobs├óΓé¼Γäó fashion innovation with Vuitton├óΓé¼Γäós travel expertise. Ring any bells? This show represented something bigger than clothes: it was symbolic, after fifteen years, of Marc Jacobs officially assuming the crown. In short, if you didn├óΓé¼Γäót know Marc and Vuitton ruled Paris, you do now.”
—SHOWStudio
STELLA MCCARTNEY
“It├óΓé¼Γäós going to be a big year for Stella├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥her involvement with that little thing called the Olympics (she├óΓé¼Γäós the creative director of Adidas├óΓé¼Γäó Team GB collection)├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and she├óΓé¼Γäós off to a good start.”
—Vogue UK
RICK OWENS
“For such a graceful, refined performance that considerably advanced the idea that fashion should be of a power and strength that doesn├óΓé¼Γäót ever resort to clich├â┬⌐, there was an incendiary quality to Rick Owens├óΓé¼Γäós show.”
—Vogue
BALMAIN
“It was 26-year-old Rousteing├óΓé¼Γäós second turn at Balmain today├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥his chance to confirm the promise he showed with his first collection at the helm last season. He pulled it off, with honors, in a show that managed to better all the maximalist decoration the house is known for ├óΓé¼┬ª He also proved that a crystal-decked velvet pant could be worn in that offhand way, even, conceivably for day, with something as ├óΓé¼╦£down├óΓé¼Γäó as a beige shetland sweater. Karlie Kloss├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥damn.”
—Vogue
COMME DES GARCONS
“In the chiffon trenches, Ms. Kawakubo is the only designer who thinks like an artist, in that she creates fashion that modifies your view of something, be it women or an aspect of culture. ├óΓé¼┬ª Her latest collection seemed to turn couture, and the fashion world├óΓé¼Γäós obsession with iconic shapes and structure, on its ear. Her opening coats, nipped-waist jackets and dresses were rendered as flat two-dimensional shapes in a polyester felt. Their size reinforced the point; they looked stamped out, like so many handbags, by those mercurial giants of fashion.”
—The New York Times
LANVIN
“Ten years of Alber! The birthday boy threw a whopping Lanvin party tonight├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥true, heartwarming, campy, and calorific fun for a stadium-full of the family of fashion. At least for an hour or two├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥first, a slam-dunk of a collection, and then a sprawling after-celebration├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥he magicked up a surreally happy respite from the stressed, snippy, gossip-ridden melee of fashion.”
—Vogue
HAIDER ACKERMANN
“Haider Ackermann is back in sinuous mode. ├óΓé¼┬ª The waisted silhouettes that were the results of all that draping were the best he├óΓé¼Γäós ever done├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥a spot-on mixture of the sublime and the salable, and he├óΓé¼Γäós got the most sophisticated color sense of anyone in Paris.”
—Style
CELINE
“As for the clothes: they were nothing short of perfect. Oversized coats in tufted wools and felted cashmeres, equally roomy trousers with a dropped crotch and a moulded, subtly curved silhouette, sweaters that├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥similarly├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥stood away from the body, were all intent on cocooning the woman wearing them as opposed to parading her shape and size for all to see.”
—The Independent
CHLOE
“If you have been on the fence about Chlo├â┬⌐, it├óΓé¼Γäós time to check it out. Ms. Waight Keller showed some terrific clothes, infused with a lightheartedness that most of Paris seems to have ignored. Where to begin? Chlo├â┬⌐ offered great outfits, like the friendly notion of wearing a cabled cream pullover with a deep red skirt, or a sleeveless dress with white lace on top and a soft black silk skirt, as well as cool separates.”
—The New York Times
Pictured above, U can see one of Sarah Burton’s exquisite creations for Alexander McQueen.
Will U be catching up on any of these collections now that U know how the critics responded??
[Image via AP Images.]
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