In this weekly feature, InStyle’s Fashion News Director Eric Wilson shares his favorite fashion moment of the week, and explains how it could shape styles to come. Look for it on What’s Right Now every Friday.
The Moment: The spring 2015 collections season came to a close on Wednesday in Paris, where at least 100 designers raised their voices for French fashion amid the din of those we have already heard from in New York, London and Milan.
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Of course! Designer denim should be the No. 1 item on anyone’s wish list for the season, thanks to all those great examples we saw from Louis Vuitton, Chloé, Fendi, Stella McCartney and just about everyone else (pictured, above from L-R). Also, loved the military looks at Marc Jacobs, Chanel and Sonia Rykiel. Get your disco boots out and cue up Gloria Gaynor and Donna Summer on your iPod, because 2015 will be like the 1970s all over again if our favorite designers have anything to say about it. And if you happen to have any old lace tablecloths lying around, try repurposing them into a little white dress, because all of Paris seems to be obsessed with them.
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Why It’s a Wow: Sifting through so much fashion requires a lot of stamina and the ability, sometimes, to distill the essence of a collection into a single sentence. In fact, I saw so many great shows this week that I’m dying to tell you about, but I do tend to go on. And on. And on. So let me just give you the CliffsNotes version:
Hermès (pictured, below): Serenely elegant and extraordinarily luxurious sportswear for nomadic desert wanderers and those who wish to look like them, this was a farewell collection from designer Christophe Lemaire that makes you wish that cashmere, like money, grew on trees.
Miu Miu (pictured, below): Forget celebrity gawking, and enough with the 1970s trend, let’s see some conflicted-message clothes that speak to independent women who, like the Shangri-Las said on the soundtrack, telegraph a very specific message: “Don’t try to touch me, because that will never happen again. Shall we dance?
”Iris Van Herpen (pictured, below): Also of the man-repelling variety are dresses with razor-sharp sequins and shoes that look like falling meteorites, but they certainly do draw attention, and it’s wonderful to see a designer who is so insistently inventive, making dresses as powerful as armor, or ice sculptures.
Mugler (pictured, below): David Koma makes his debut with the perfect jumpsuit, the perfect pantsuit worn over a cutout swimsuit, the perfect dress – so long as you have the perfect body to wear them.
Maison Rabih Kayrouz (pictured, below): Polite Lebanese society designer discovers gangster rap and loosens up the concept of a twinset.
Esteban Cortazar (pictured, below): Once a prodigy, always a prodigy. The designer who started out at 17 is now an adult with a true vision for grownup fashion, and the good sense to show clothes at Fashion Week right when they’re available in stores. Shop now!
Learn More: Enjoy the spring collections and start planning your wardrobes for 2015 after reviewing InStyle’s coverage of the collections from New York through Paris, along with our Back of the Cab one-minute reviews.
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