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The Paris males’s trend week and couture schedules are out, and it appears Olympics-related logistical hassles haven’t put designers off displaying within the metropolis.
The lads’s week calendar is perhaps smaller, but it surely nonetheless encompasses a complete of 72 exhibits and displays (in contrast with final yr’s 81). Among the many absentees are Givenchy, which is searching for its subsequent inventive director following the departure of Matthew Williams; Valentino, whose new inventive director Alessandro Michele will current his debut assortment in September; Paul Smith, who’s returning to Pitti Uomo this season; and the Berlin label Gmbh.
A newcomer to the official present calendar is 032c by Berlin-based inventive director Maria Koch (032c made its runway debut in January, although not on the official calendar). In the meantime, Officine Générale, Botter and Études are staging displays as a substitute of exhibits.
All eyes will likely be on the ultimate present of Dries Van Noten earlier than he passes on the inventive mantle of his eponymous model, and the Louis Vuitton present by Pharrell Williams, following his blockbuster debut on the Pont Neuf final June in addition to a January present that paid tribute to American Western-wear. Different exhibits to look at embody Loewe, Dior Males’s, Rick Owens, Bianca Saunders (who will return to the Paris calendar) and Wales Bonner.
The third version of Vogue World will likely be held on the Place Vendôme — Paris’s historic jewelry sq. and residential of the Ritz Paris — on 23 June at 9pm. The occasion, which celebrates the intersection of trend and sports activities, will contain numerous skills, equivalent to Carine Roitfeld, Ib Kamara, Palais Galliera curator Alexandre Samson, make-up artist Pat McGrath and Parris Goebel, the dancer and choreographer behind Rihanna’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
Alaïa, which normally exhibits in direction of the tip of males’s week (operating from 18 to 23 June this season), is to be confirmed. Contacted by Vogue Enterprise, the maison stated that “the timing of the present will not be set but”.
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