See Inside the Paris Men's Shows From Rick Owens to Louis Vuitton
Today, WWD has an inside look at the men's shows in Paris. Also, see why South Korea is luxury's next big opportunity. Plus, we dive into how seafood is being used to create sustainable shoes.
Somebody pinch Colm Dillane. Just 18 months after winning the runner-up award at the LVMH Prize for Young Designers, the Brooklyn, New York-based designer was at Paris Fashion Week to present the collection he codesigned for Louis Vuitton, the world’s biggest luxury brand.
Dillane, the founder and creative director of the KidSuper label, came to the table with a 500-page book of ideas, but Vuitton’s in-house team had already designed a large portion of the collection, which revolved loosely around the theme of connectivity. “I was there to add story, add a little bit of spice and fantasy,” he said.
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If 2022 has been the year that kicked off a K-pop frenzy, 2023 might just get even crazier.
Within the last week alone, Dior has signed BTS member Jimin as a global ambassador; Valentino also named BTS member Suga as a brand ambassador, and Givenchy unveiled Taeyang, a member of Big Bang and a solo artist, as its newest brand ambassador.
“K-culture has now become a powerful marketing method targeting APAC consumers, and this trend is expected to continue and be stronger during post-pandemic in 2023,” said Sunny Moon, research manager at Euromonitor International Korea.
All eyes are on the Korean market, with luxury brands planning to stage more destination shows this year.
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Seafood is making waves in the footwear sector, with oysters, seaweed, lionfish and carp leather being used in new sneakers. ER Souliers and P448 are among the brands using these new materials to create more sustainable shoes.
Castor oil soles are another component, used in Circle Sportswear’s new bio-based running shoe.
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Rick Owens stood backstage on Thursday morning on the same towering platform boots as the models, the same ragged denim skirt and one of his inimitable square bomber jackets, grooving to the Brutalismus 3000 pounding from the speakers.
Some models wore contact lenses that blacked out their eyes, or had black paint slashed across their eyes and cheeks. Denim came stained and thoroughly shredded. Yet underneath the industrial-strength dystopia lurked romance, dignity and a brand of dark elegance that is Owens’ alone.
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