Taking the baton from Milan, Fashion Week landed this Monday in Paris – and will run until next Tuesday the 5th – to host more than seventy runway shows of ready-to-wear collections for autumn-winter 2024/25. The students of the prestigious Institut Français de la Mode have been in charge of starting the fashion shows on Monday, although the first ‘main course’ of the calendar would not arrive until Tuesday.
Dior built an installation conceived by Indian artist Shakuntala Kulkarni that explored the relationship between the female body and urban public and private spaces. An art exhibition that became the starting point for Maria Grazia Chiuri to reflect on the democratization of fashion and go back in time to September 11, 1967, the day the Dior house presented its first prêt-line. à-porter called Miss Dior.
Back then, the great challenge was designing dresses that could adapt to the real rhythms of women’s lives. Chiuri’s collection celebrated the shapes and materials of that first collection and updated them with current codes. And, continuing with her feminist allegations, Chiuri paid tribute to the revolutionary figure of Gabriella Crespi.
The second day ended with Anthony Vaccarello’s proposal for Saint Laurent, a line that confirms a new direction in his career.
This edition will feature the return of the Lacoste brand, which, after an absence of two and a half years, returns with a new creative director, Pelagia Kolotouros. Who also makes her debut is Chemena Kamali for the Chloé brand; as well as Seán McGirr for Alexander McQueen. Marine Serre, Vetements and Off-White return to the official calendar and Loewe has remained faithful to this event for more than 25 years.
Along with these debuts and returns, other fashion houses such as Saint Laurent, Rabanne, Schiaparelli, Nina Ricci, Hermès, Balenciaga, Valentino, Chanel or Louis Vuitton – which will close the parade days – will present their new products for the next season in format parade
