{"id":71994,"date":"2016-03-10T00:35:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T05:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=71994"},"modified":"2016-03-10T00:35:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T05:35:21","slug":"the-vuitton-girl-alicia-vikander-caps-paris-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/03\/10\/the-vuitton-girl-alicia-vikander-caps-paris-fashion-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vuitton girl, Alicia Vikander, caps Paris Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alicia Vikander (Instagram photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PARIS \u2013 Still basking in the media spotlight since her acclaimed performance in \u201cThe Danish Girl,\u201d all eyes were on Oscar winner Alicia Vikander at Louis Vuitton\u2019s star-filled show Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Here are the highlights of the fall-winter 2016 collections, including reports from Vuitton, Miu Miu, Moncler Gamme Rouge and Kenzo.<\/p>\n

Vuitton front row<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vikander wowed the fashion media at Vuitton on Wednesday morning in a pared down, geometric Nicolas Ghesquiere look that proved that less is more.<\/p>\n

With no makeup and a chic messy centre parting, the 27-year-old Swedish actress rocked a navy statement coat with cream bands and cropped pants.<\/p>\n

The look\u2019s geometry perfectly mirrored the Louis Vuitton Foundation backdrop as she posed for photos \u2013 with its figurative angular glass, wood and metal architecture, designed by architect Frank Gehry.<\/p>\n

Joining her in the front row was fellow Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly and Selena Gomez.<\/p>\n

Louis Vuitton on form<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ghesquiere produced one of his most accomplished Vuitton collections to date Wednesday with 52 creative looks brimming with colour and energy.<\/p>\n

Alongside the giant reflective disco-ball column decor, a model with huge Eighties hair opened the show with a fresh silhouette that recurred throughout: a strong-shouldered coat truncated under the bust in bolero style.<\/p>\n

It cut a great shape, and led on to some very creative explorations of form like corset styles with large exaggerated curves.<\/p>\n

Ghesquiere is a sports fan. Here, the signature sportswear styles were subtly evoked on looks that seemed inspired by Nineties\u2019 motorbike jackets.<\/p>\n

Flashes of red, white and blue stripes graced sheeny tight-fitting leather jackets.<\/p>\n

And in one of the more interesting looks \u2013 g the normally-harsh biking stripes appeared as a contradiction on a fluffy woolen sweater that called out to be hugged.<\/p>\n

This varied collection will broaden the house\u2019s appeal from the overly young looks that characterized the French designer\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n

Moncler Gamme rouge\u2019s hills are alive<\/strong><\/p>\n

Giambattista Valli headed to the Austrian hills of \u201cThe Sound of Music\u201d for his snowy, Edelweiss-infused collection Wednesday that was executed with finesse.<\/p>\n

Since he took over this arm of Moncler, the floral-loving Italian designer has set most of his shows upon a hill or meadow to combine the house\u2019s outdoorsy vibe with his love of flowers.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s show was no exception \u2013 and the snow-capped peaks of the Tyrol were the season’s backdrop to looks that riffed on traditional Tyrolian dress.<\/p>\n

The \u201cdirndl,\u201d a traditional Alpine peasant dress worn in Germany, Austria and the South Tyrol, was reimagined in white fur, sheer tulle and embroideries as the suspenders.<\/p>\n

Pale blue tights, meanwhile, led down to black leather platform clogs.<\/p>\n

Valli is a master of detail.<\/p>\n

Snow appeared as an optical blurry print in one short coatdress \u2013 and, elsewhere, morphed into the endangered Edelweiss flower as immortalized by the Oscar-winning film.<\/p>\n

Miu Miu transforms the ordinary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black hoody-wearing hip hop star A$AP Rocky joined actress Chloe Sevigny on the Miu Miu front row Wednesday.<\/p>\n

This season, Miuccia Prada\u2019s ever-thought-provoking show took ordinary items \u2013 like denim jeans, jodhpurs or boho print \u2013 and transformed them into historical styles.<\/p>\n

Long denim skirts, gathered at the side, had the rippled classical movement of a gown in a Roman statue.<\/p>\n

Buttoned jodhpurs had the thick texture of the 19th century, and dense Seventies prints on baggy pants and column silhouettes evoked historic tapestries and decorations.<\/p>\n

In one of the most tongue-in-cheek details, Prada saw that a long tweed jacket sported a 1900s Empire Line \u2013 thanks to a contemporary red and white faux-fur belt.<\/p>\n

Only a design master like the 66-year-old Italian could pull something like this off, and with panache.<\/p>\n

Kenzo\u2019s contradictory styles<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was one of the wackiest Kenzo collections Humberto Leon and Carol Lim have produced since joining the house in 2011.<\/p>\n

The idea was simple enough: to push the creative envelope as much as possible in every of the 54 zany looks, then mix in a dose of gold tiger print.<\/p>\n

The result? Exaggerated proportions \u2013 billowing oversize shirts and dresses \u2013 contrasting with divergent styles, sheeny fabrics and prints, sometimes for good and sometimes for bad.<\/p>\n

A ruffled oversize 19th-century schoolmistress shirt in check with grey skirt was \u2013 daringly \u2013 twinned with pink and black tiger print stripper boots and space-age eye makeup.<\/p>\n

There was also a surreal note in the clothes\u2019 proportions.<\/p>\n

One gold tiger print coat was so huge that the poor model beneath looked like she had fallen from another planet.<\/p>\n

It might not be everyone\u2019s cup of fashion tea, but it was a striking look and at the very least belies the creative confidence Leon and Lim now have after five extremely successful years at the French house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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