The Best Films and Shows From Paris Fashion Week Fall 2021
Paris Fashion Week may have been mostly virtual again this season, but the schedule was still as jam-packed as ever with over 90 brands on the official lineup. The shows stretched over 8 days starting with Marine Serre and ending with Louis Vuitton in what was could very well have been the last digital-only season. With vaccine distribution expected to reach most people by the summer, live in-person fashion shows have a shot at returning once Fashion Month kicks off again in September. Regardless, the short films and digital shows that took place in Paris were some of the most creative and memorable of the season. Below, we rounded up some of the highlights.
Louis Vuitton’s Golden Age Photography: Giovanni Gianonni/ Courtesy of Louis Vuitton
Nicolas Ghesquiere’s penchant for time-travel exploration via clothes sees him look to the Age of Enlightenment this season, as well as the aesthetics of Greco-Roman antiquity. The collection, which he showed via a pre-recorded film shot in the Louvre with music by Daft Punk (pre-breakup), incorporated statue drawings by the Italian artist Fornasetti and centered on a main silhouette: enveloping, cocoon sleeves on top and frilly skirts on the bottom. Look out this Fall for the slouchy leather boots with wedged heel, a nod to the footwear from his Balenciaga days but updated for the future when we can finally travel again. SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Dior’s World of Fairytales Photography: Elina Kechicheva/ Courtesy of Chrisitian Dior
Staged at the Palace of Versailles at night, Dior’s film conjured a mythical fairytale with spooky undertones and some very enchanting dresses. References to classics like The Little Red Riding Hood (see look number 33) and Cinderella (models running against the clock on an elegant staircase) are seen throughout in a collection that spans from daywear and denim to suiting and gowns. SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Miu Miu’s Snow Expedition Photography: Johnny Dufort/ Courtesy of Miu Miu
Dressing for the slopes seems to be on everyone’s mind this season (see: Thom Browne’s winter wonderland film and Lady Gaga’s vintage ski-chic photo with Adam Driver), and Miuccia Prada is no exception. The designer, who spent much of her youth in the mountains, staged her Miu Miu show in the Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Dolomite Alps. Between the pastel puffers, giant furry boots and balaclavas, this was a collection primed for snowy adventures and extreme outdoor expeditions. SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Lanvin’s Rich Girl Hotel Party Courtesy of Lanvin
In what was perhaps the most entertaining fashion film of the season, Lanvin shot their collection in a grand Parisian hotel complete with shopping bags, debauchery and champagne set to Gwen Stefani’s “Rich Girl” with a cameo by Eve herself. The throwback, feel-good energy of the film captured the party-ready mood of the collection, which was filled with glorious silk satins and taffetas, animal-print faux furs and Roaring Twenties-esque feathers. SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Gabriela Hearst’s Chloé Debut Courtesy of Chloé
For Gabriela Hearst’s first Chloé collection, the designer played with several of the brand’s signatures — ponchos, scallops, broderie anglais — and gave it a grounded and utilitarian twist. (The capes, for example, had a built-in puffer collars.) Her signature fringing and elongated silhouettes were combined with sustainable elements like patchwork outerwear made from deadstock fabrics from past collections. The collection was filmed in Paris' Left Bank as a tribute to the brand’s founder Gaby Aghion who was born 100 years ago. SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Balmain’s Jet-Set Travelers Courtesy of Balmain
The prospect of traveling around the world again after a year of domestic lockdowns has proved to be a tantalizing theme this season, and Balmain is no exception. Olivier Rousteing made it abundantly clear how he envisions his jet-set lifestyle once things open up again: statement travel luggage, bold monograms, army green boiler suits and flashy outerwear — airport dressing will take on a new meaning in the near future. SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Matthew Williams' First Givenchy Runway Show Courtesy of Givenchy
After a pair of polarizing collections shown via lookbook format, Fall 2021 marks new creative director Matthew M. Williams' first runway show, albeit one held with no audience. The models stomped down a dark set with puddles of water at their feet, showing off Williams' subversive take on glamour including some extreme footwear and very sheer embellished dresses. “In many ways, this collection is about a constant tension between two worlds,” he said. “It’s about finding personal meaning in difficult circumstances; it’s about sincerity in what we do rather than strategy. We wanted to bring a sense of lived reality alongside precision, elegance and extravagance in the clothing and looks.” SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Loewe’s Color Therapy Courtesy of Loewe
Loewe under Jonathan Anderson has always veered toward the off-kilter and intellectual, but this season’s unapologetic use of color and graphics takes it to new territory even for Anderson. The curvy lines and slouchy shapes exude both softness and avant-garde at once, signaling a new post-lockdown way of dressing where we’ll all want to embrace the fun of fashion again without quite losing the sense of comfort we’ve all gravitated towards the past year. SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Coperni’s Drive-In Fashion Bash
As one of the few brands to stage a live runway show with guests last fall in Paris, Coperni once again favored the physical format this season but with even bigger ambitions. The brand, led by Sébastian and Arnaud, invited 70 guests to a drive-in-style fashion show at the Accord Arena (Beyonce’s concerts are held there) where 35 electric cars assembled in diagonal format, whose headlights lit up the runway. Guests inside the cars watched from their windows as models paraded down in minimal, sporty styles with sleek accessories and sharp silhouettes. It’s about the closest thing any fashion insider has had to IRL fashion shows again. SEE COLLECTION FILM HERE
Enfants Riches Déprimés Photography: Cameron McCool/ Courtesy of Enfants Riches Déprimés
Paris Fashion Week 2021: Wake up to a world of dreamy Dior style
Fairytales were the inspiration behind Dior’s digital presentation at Paris Fashion Week yesterday. “We are living through a time when the world is on hold,” Maria Grazia Chiuri, its creative director, said. “It is the stuff of fairytale. Everything is paused. The future is uncertain. And then the girl wakes up.”
Quite how many of us consider ourselves to be sleeping beauties after 12 months on the sofa is not the kind of question with which a luxury fashion house concerns itself. But when Chiuri’s Briar Rose is able to resume her life Dior has plenty of suggestions as to what she might wear. Should our heroine head to a ball — Covid restrictions permitting, of course — there were floor sweeper gowns, including
La colección de Dior otoño e invierno 2021-2022 ya está aquí
Para la colección de prêt-à-porter otoño-invierno 2021-2022, Maria Grazia Chiuri explora el mundo de los cuentos de hadas, y reinventa la magia de la feminidad, utilizando símbolos de fantasía que sirven para cuestionar y desafiar, más allá de los estereotipos. En esta cápsula observarás, transformaciones de los clásicos uniformes de soldado, colores obscuros, animal print y acentos de rojo, y otros estampados que serán emblemáticos de la casa francesa Dior, sin duda sería el guardarropa si Caperucita Roja estuviera en una fashion film.
¿Conoces la verdadera historia detrás de los perfumes de Dior?
A continuación, te presentamos los mejores looks de la colección, presentados en el Palacio de Versalles.
Animal print con jeans
Nos encanta este look, ya que eleva el outfit casual a otro nivel. Los oversize jeans con los zapatos de charol se ven increíbles, y no podemos olvidar el mejor elemento, la prenda de animal print.
- Abrigo clásico
Los coats en cada colección de Dior son un verdadero statement, aquí observamos el clásico abrigo de invierno combinado con unas cargo boots y una camisa blanca.
- Mini falda y botas altas
Las prendas más emblemáticas, botas altas y minifalda reinventadas de una forma contemporánea y algo gótica, sin perder su esencia femenina.
- Vestido rojo
Este vestido rojo definitivamente es el alma y corazón de la colección, no podían faltar el uso de estas telas clásicas, las observamos desde el inicio de Maria Grazia en Dior.
- Reinvención del abrigo rojo
Observamos los abrigos y el color rojo como símbolo de ésta cápsula, este look reinventa éste elemento clásico agregándole una innovadora capucha, que nos transportará a nuestros cuentos de hadas favoritos.
- Print over print
En este outfit observamos capas y capas, del nuevo print de Dior, utilizando colores rojos como si las telas fueran un lienzo.
- Animal princess
Sin duda este vestido sería la pieza favorita de cualquier princesa contemporánea. El cuello y la caída demuestran simpleza y feminidad, mientras que el animal print seguridad y libertad.
- Reina de la noche
Las transparencias sutiles en este vestido, el plisado, y la caída de la falda es una obra de arte en ésta mágica colección.
- Flores románticas
Finalmente tenemos este vestido inspirado principalmente en la naturaleza, observamos como las telas de la pieza juegan entre sí para mostrar una figura de una hermosa flor.
Te compartimos el making off de la escenografía del desfile. Maria Grazia Chiuri analiza la inspiración y el diseño detrás del set creado por Silvia Giambrone, mientras la artista explica cómo la escena cobró vida con la dualidad entre la belleza y el peligro.
Te invitamos a observar los looks del desfile completo aquí.