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A series of 'firsts' witnessed at Paris Fashion Week

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Although most of the attention for the chic collection presented by Lanvin's head designer Alber Elbaz's was taken away by the appearance of Kim Kardashian's new platinum blonde hair as she appeared through an elaborate orchestrated appearance, a first for the fashion house, Rick Owens hosted one of the most memorable shows to date during Paris Fashion Week.

The American designer who created the biggest buzz at the last Paris fashion week in January by sending male models down the catwalk with their penises hanging out, trod more quietly on Thursday by presenting a relatively mild women's ready-to-wear collection in an underground bunker below the Palais de Tokyo.

Amid the ankle-length, structured outfits coloured in brown and black, the most remarkable feature was sprayed-on gold masks worn by some of the models, which highlighted the Mayan inspiration mentioned in the show notes. Owens told Women's Wear Daily, that the Big Thing in the show was using sequins for the first time. "Especially after the men's show, it was nice to do something sentimental and a bit naive," he said.

'Winter is coming'

For theatrical flourish, fashionistas had to go to the spectacle put on by Indian designer Manish Arora. Flashy red and fuchsia get-ups that looked to be fantasy battledress dreamed up by manga artists lit up the catwalk. Arora emphasised that the collection was a Bollywood take inspired by the hit US TV series "Game of Thrones" by having that fantasy world's "Winter is Coming" motto sewn into some pieces and its theme music remixed as part of the soundtrack.

At Carven, those in the know were keen to see what direction new designers Adrien Caillaudaud and Alexis Martial, both aged 30, would take. The answer was: pants. It was the first time the house has introduced pants into the collection, though the novel duo were careful to keep the A-line skirts and miniskirts that has made the brand a signature style for Parisian women.

The idea for Carven's "new woman" was taken from the energy of Paris in the late 1960s, the designers said."We wanted to imagine what foreigners might feel about the Parisian woman: her elegance, an urban attitude, a sort of carefree approach," said Caillaudaud. (AFP)

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