Top 10 trends at Paris Fashion Week

By: Larry Leviste - 13 years ago

HUSSEIN Chalayan—He brings back his penchant for winter layering via this dress over a shift. Chalayan cut windows in his garments, like cross sections, allowing you to examine what’s going on beneath. AFP

MAISON Martin Margiela. Unofficially, another Filipino, Adam de Lumen, heads this iconic brand established in 1989. For a first collection, this stark ensemble consists of an enlarged checkered shirt with a sunburst pleated skirt, as if torn away to thrust a leg out a la Angelina Jolie. REUTERS

The best items shown in the Paris collections were instantly recognizable as future classics. These garments will start trends in retail and trickle down to ready-to-wear labels like Zara and H&M.

These clothes are bound to become collectibles because they are comfortably recognizable, yet tweaked with the vim and vigor of new colors, crafty fabrics, and twists of design and silhouette.

Let us examine the 10 most important showstoppers of the top 10 fashion designers. From the catwalk to the sidewalk, these looks are sure to go viral on the Internet. It’s about creativity married with commercialism, unique yet wearable. That is French-style innovation; we call it Gallic chic.