L'Arc de Triomphe
Celebrating Givenchy's "Ridiculously, Extraordinarily Insane" Collection at Paris' L'Arc
And now, for a calm, measured opinion, we turn to Rachel Zoe: "The collection was unbelievably, ridiculously, extraordinarily insane!" the stylist and reality star crowed at Riccardo Tisci's Givenchy after-party at L'Arc. But all the other guests seemed to agree. "I'm a big, huge Riccardo fan," Elle's Kate Lanphear said. "My favorite piece was the silver sequins. How do I get my hands on that?" As it turned out, she'd need only ask Natalia Vodianova. The model, who opened the show, turned up to the party in that very look.
Just after midnight, Tisci arrived with an adoring entourage: Liv Tyler, Erin Wasson, and Naomi Campbell. After a few quick snaps, the crew was swept to the VIP back garden, where they celebrated with Lindsay Lohan, Jennifer Hudson, Ciara, and Ne-Yo. "It was such an intense season!" said Tisci, after hugging Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld. "Everyone recognizes me as a dark designer, and this collection was still true to my soul, but it showed that I can open the window to what is light, and enjoy."
And enjoy is what the partygoers did. They mobbed the dance floor, they filled the room, and one—Sky Ferreira—jumped onto the rooftop to perform a short set, which included a cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" and her own "Sex Rules." "She's an incredible artist and I absolutely love her look," Tisci said appreciatively. (The feeling was mutual: Ferreira offered him a homemade congratulations card.) Ferreira fever, in fact, seemed to be spreading: "She's a very special person and I really, really love her," Theory's Olivier Theyskens said of the young pop star.
That the temperature inside the club rose to feverish levels, too, didn't seem to dissuade any of the revelers, including show-closer Gisele, from dancing till dawn. Some even seemed to prefer it. "I've been in New York but I really wanted to spend summer in my little Paris home," Theyskens explained. "I was able to do that this week!"
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