"Bad boy" of French fashion Jean Paul Gaultier lived up to his reputation Thursday, throwing swaggering macho models into a boxing ring as Paris kicked off four days of menswear shows.
Fashion addict rapper Kanye West and model girlfriend Amber Rose turned up in oversized fur coats and refused to talk to press. An aide said West, who is into designing his own lines, planned to attend half of the 42 shows scheduled through to Sunday.
Fellow superstar Chris Brown, also known for bruising Rihanna, flew in from the Milan men's fashion shows for Gaultier's boxing-inspired autumn-winter collection, telling AFP: "I really wanted to see this one."
Known for rollicking catwalk parades that keep even the most cynical fashionistas on edge, Gaultier took the boxer's robe as role model, throwing out hoodie shirts, hoodie jackets and hoodie coats on anything from streetwear to evening dress.
As two women in shorts and flesh-coloured tops staged a mock fight in a boxing ring, and boys punched away at bags on a stage, a bunch of well-built male models -- not the androgynous adolescent types often on catwalks -- trotted out a darkly coloured collection to a packed house.
Sporting fake cuts, bloodied bruises, and 48-hour stubble, muscle-bound models strode in large bermudas, tight pants and even a couple of Gaultier's trademark skirts to the sound of punches and the songs of Edith Piaf.
The aim of the show, Gaultier told AFP, was "to put up a fight against boredom and the general climate of gloom."
"The whole world is in crisis," he said, "not just fashion which lives a little in autarchy, with only people involved in fashion buying fashion. But the crisis means you look for ways out, for new solutions."
Thanks to the crisis, several leading houses, including Emanuel Ungaro, Yohji Yamamoto and Thierry Mugler, are not staging catwalk shows this season, saving tens of thousands of euros in the process.
A score of labels instead are showing their new collections in showrooms.
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Fashion addict rapper Kanye West and model girlfriend Amber Rose turned up in oversized fur coats and refused to talk to press. An aide said West, who is into designing his own lines, planned to attend half of the 42 shows scheduled through to Sunday.
Fellow superstar Chris Brown, also known for bruising Rihanna, flew in from the Milan men's fashion shows for Gaultier's boxing-inspired autumn-winter collection, telling AFP: "I really wanted to see this one."
Known for rollicking catwalk parades that keep even the most cynical fashionistas on edge, Gaultier took the boxer's robe as role model, throwing out hoodie shirts, hoodie jackets and hoodie coats on anything from streetwear to evening dress.
As two women in shorts and flesh-coloured tops staged a mock fight in a boxing ring, and boys punched away at bags on a stage, a bunch of well-built male models -- not the androgynous adolescent types often on catwalks -- trotted out a darkly coloured collection to a packed house.
Sporting fake cuts, bloodied bruises, and 48-hour stubble, muscle-bound models strode in large bermudas, tight pants and even a couple of Gaultier's trademark skirts to the sound of punches and the songs of Edith Piaf.
The aim of the show, Gaultier told AFP, was "to put up a fight against boredom and the general climate of gloom."
"The whole world is in crisis," he said, "not just fashion which lives a little in autarchy, with only people involved in fashion buying fashion. But the crisis means you look for ways out, for new solutions."
Thanks to the crisis, several leading houses, including Emanuel Ungaro, Yohji Yamamoto and Thierry Mugler, are not staging catwalk shows this season, saving tens of thousands of euros in the process.
A score of labels instead are showing their new collections in showrooms.
Source : http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g1JoOkI3gYz8J_TtXWIxBKc-N2TQ
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