(7 Oct 1999) English/Nat PARIS FASHION SET THE MOOD FOR 2000
Story: Paris Fashion Pt 11
Date: October 4th
Location: Paris
The LOUIS VUITTON show of summer ready-to-wear clothes for the millennium was sunny, salable and savvy with its new logo look. While it used to be square to sport logos, designer MARC JACOBS on Monday delivered loads of new LV logo looks, giving them his American cool.
There's nothing subtle about all this monogramming - on skirts, blouses or bags. But it does look new, and eons away from those dear old brown streamer trunks.
CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, for example, showed off a chic monogram raincoat carrying a new-looking LV tube-shaped bag.
Teeny, tiny shorts came out in some shiny new fabrics, with blousy or battle jacket tops. Many sheer shirts may sell well in the pretty abstract or mosaic designs in cream and light blues.
For sexy young looks, Jacobs showed not only lots of hot pants, but backless silky or denim dresses.
Like trousers? Here, they're fine in the logo look, in plainer fabrics, denim or linen, nothing odd, just nicely cut. Lots of easy knee-length skirts with Vuitton belts through loops should fly off the racks, as could some of the bright
raincoats.
For gala evenings, pick a Vuitton sleeveless black tuxedo, or a backless sequined pastel striped top with white tuxedo pants. It's all chic, new and young.
YOHJI YAMAMOTO kept to the pure and simple in his show at the enormous Bercy sports stadium in eastern Paris. Many clothes were just black and white, shown to tweeting bird song music. But the crowd of nearly 2,000 included fashion
high-hitters like Giorgio Armani, Alexander McQueen and Donna Karan.
Linen dresses with front panels and big standup collars showed what a designer can do with shapes. In spite of a few cropped pants with fitted jackets, it
was 'colonial' ideas that ruled the night: long evening dresses with draped backs on models carrying feathered parasols and beautiful fitted long dresses with puffy or pointed peplum details.
Yamamoto showed feminine, peplum tops over full skirts, each one different, with subtle details, like ruffle-puffs under the waist. The prettiest was a white silk model with bodice embroidery in sparkling green stones, the back with
an arabesque of stitching. The dressy satin clothes were stylish, wearable, yet
absolutely Yamamoto, the work of an artist, worthy of a millennium summer.
Retired former catwalk queen ELLE MACPHERSON made an appearance backstage at VALENTINO showing off the 'must have' fashion accessory of the new millennium: a baby. Along with her contemporaries Cindy Crawford and the heavily pregnant Helena Christensen, mum's the word from now on.
For his spring /summer 2000 show the veteran Italian design guru turned to flower power. A bright and breezy approach to the new millennium sees precious petals appear on everything: embroidered, patched into leather, carved out of straw or hand painted on teffeta and suede. Poppies, lavender, bell flowers, butter cups lily of the valley and wisteria will ensure spring is well and truly in the air at Valentino.
Among the eye catching garments were reversible cashmere jackets matched with slim cut knits, pretty blouses in chantilly lace and feather light pashmina wraps. Ankle length skirts and dresses and pajama pants flowed freely down the runway in the lightest of fabrics: muslin, organza and chiffon. Even accessories were sprinkled with flowers: open-toed sandals trimmed with tiny rose buds and bags showered by petals crafted from ribbon and pearls.
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