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July 3, 2007 2:27 pm
For the rain it raineth every day.… This may be the wettest Couture on record, as well as the most competitive in terms of finding spectacular venues at which to show—outside. In the Orangerie stakes, it was Dior at Versailles versus Chanel at the Parc Saint Cloud. Chanel was by far the more en plein air, involving a long walk through the park for the guests and a canopied structure that barely sheltered the front row. It was the models’ fate, meanwhile, to drag the hems of lovely gowns worth several hundred-thousand dollars through wet gravel. Still, nothing daunted, this gave the audience an excellent opportunity to display fashion sangfroid in the form of the latest rainwear looks, which this summer range from the neat trench to parachute-silk parkas to black nylon blousons with hoods and drawstring interests. So far, so prepared—although there are some depths to which the fashionocracy will not sink, even in a flood. Let it just be said: Many Lanvin, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, and Dior platforms were sacrificed at the altar of chic this day. In the meantime, Karl Lagerfeld was keeping up morale and sartorial standards backstage, where he declared that the misty miasma hanging over the Parc looked “just like the Fragonard painting we have on the invitation.” He also spared a moment to describe his own look. From the top: Jacket by Mastermind, a Japanese designer; handmade blue striped shirt by Hilditch & Key on Jermyn Street, London; white jeans, Dior Homme; diamanté buckle belt, Chrome Hearts. And the fingerless gloves? Chanel. Of course.
—Sarah Mower
Photo: imaxtree.com/Alessandro Lucioni
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