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I seemed to be in Paris long enough to watch the seasons turn from Indian summer to fall—between the Dior and Vuitton shows, the leaves of the horse chestnut trees in the Tuileries changed. We saw a lot of fashion, both on and off the runway. Paris is thrilling because you can be wowed by the big dogs—Chanel in the Grand Palais never loses its magic—and enraptured by emerging designers (like our CVFFers, who set up in a Paris showroom). |
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The Runway is the New Front Row It was so much fun to see the variety in casting this season, from Hari Nef and Olympia of Greece at Connor Ives to Amanda Harlech (and 99 others!) at Gucci to Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin at Miu Miu and, finally, Nigerian influencer Rachel Ojuromi at Chanel. What a thrill to have her exclusive diary of her real-life-to-runway experience! (Her instagram handle is GiveRachelaShot, and Matthieu sure did!) |
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Putting Penn to Paper By week four of fashion month, shuttling from one show and appointment to the next can start to feel like a rat race—so it was an important break to see not one but two photo shows in Paris highlighting the work of Irving Penn, who photographed for Vogue for 66 years. First, at the MEP in the Marais, I delighted at the variety of Vogue covers displayed and the scores of young Parisians poring over them with enthusiasm. Then at the Bourse de Commerce, the Pinault Foundation’s show “Remember Me” (which features the most spectacular serpentine gallery of 450 Penn images hung with dizzying deftness by curator Matthieu Humery), I was reminded of what the goal of all these weeks traveling is: to see how fashion can shift the culture, and how Vogue can help tell that story through memorable images that make you feel something. |
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Fashionable Acts of Kindness~ I was on the 9:30am Delta flight yesterday morning, along with many colleagues and peers also trekking home. It reminded me of how important it is to be surrounded by people you like—people who made this four-city tour enjoyable, and who made me laugh. Fashionable acts of kindness go a long way, from easy compliments on how someone styled their pop of purple (see the 10 things everyone wore at Paris Fashion Week) to consultant Julie Gilhart clocking my flagging morale one evening and offering me two of her LMNT electrolyte packets, which instantly revived me. This long haul wouldn’t work without moments like those, and I am so grateful for them. |
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Fly By Night On Friday night, we had a cocktail for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Funders, who set up highlights from their most recent collections at the Americans in Paris showroom on the Rue de Rivoli. It was such a treat to see them explaining their work to European press and buyers, and I loved co-hosting with Thom Browne, Alison Sarofim, and Paloma Elsesser. (Here I am with American fashion stars Daniella Kallmeyer and Lynn Yaeger.) Each night in Paris seemed to have approximately one million stops, and this was the first of many for me (the rest of my evening included Diane von Furstenberg’s dinatoire for Henry Zankov at Sant Ambroeus and Christian Louboutin’s jaw-dropping burlesque show, featuring a Louboutin-only-clad Dita von Teese and Christian himself twirling on wires in the air). |
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Metro-Politan The show locations in Paris are simply unrivaled—it is amazing to be in these special buildings and places that you typically would not have access to. I loved the Château de Vincennes, where Loewe showed, and nothing ever beats the soaring Beaux-Arts ironwork of the Grand Palais. Of course, all of this is easy to forget when stuck in gridlock, and there were a lot of complaints this week about the traffic in Paris, with a rescheduled Pride Parade wreaking havoc on the Hermès arrivals. There were also strikes by students, who were (and still are) demanding more resources for their schools—and this is a good thing! It was great to see young people passionate about their beliefs. (Sometimes their actions melted into a nearby mob waiting for, say, a K-pop star at a fashion show, but such is life.) But it did make a compelling case for the Paris Metro, which I always find so civilized and efficient. (Here are my friends and former longtime colleagues Rickie de Sole and Mark Holgate shuttling back from Loewe.) |
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Well To-Do I was so lucky to stay at the Plaza Athénée and to be a regular at the fashion week Alo Oasis wellness program that took over their presidential suite. I did my beloved EMS workout with Darsi, as well as Pilates with Laura and her Brussels Griffon, Pepper—not to mention picking up some Alo-branded French butter and a B-12 shot to get me through the week. |
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Model Student We love to see models reading backstage, and this year continued the trend, peaking with Valentino’s show, for which all guests were encouraged to bring a book to donate. The Bibliothèque Saint-Geneviève (my Sorbonne-studying niece’s local) was one of my favorite locations of the week—it was such a joy to sit at the long desks surrounded by soaring bookshelves. I loved seeing what books people brought to donate—Colman Domingo came with Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. At the Polo presentation, meanwhile, a chic French model was reading the 2005 French thriller La Chambre des morts waiting in line in her crisp summer suit. |
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Pleats, Please? When our office caught wind of the Brooklyn Montessori school whose teachers supposedly dressed in Issey Miyake, we obviously had to investigate. Hannah Jackson spoke with head teacher Stephanie Woo about going viral and the brand the teachers actually wear (though they’ve got nothing against Issey!). |
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Fashion Math Max Berlinger took on the Herculean task of breaking down fashion month by the numbers, looking at all 440 shows and presentations across four cities and adding it up—from the 28,000 tulips at Carolina Herrera to the 3,000 resin beads hand-crocheted to make the high-neck mini dress at Celine. Speaking of Celine, I also loved Joan Kennedy’s conversation between the brand’s two fan accounts Old Celine and New Celine. We love discourse! |
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