Au Revoir Paris Fashion Week

LOUIS VUITTON

The spring/summer 2011 season is ending much as it began — with bright colors and upbeat shows. {NY Times}

Sarah Burton Debut: Alexander McQueen Spring 2011

Sarah Burton, who stood next to her mentor and best friend for 15 years, has shown the world that she is fluent in the vocabulary that was ALEXANDER McQUEEN, says Examiner.com

The Japanese Dig Emmanuelle Alt & There's a Child On The Runway At Chanel: Paris Fashion Week Continues

Wearing the exact same outfit as his adult counterpart (a white tweed coat, blue jeans and stompy boots) a little boy werks it at Chanel. Too bad the looks are kinda snore-y. {Grazia}
Every season, for more than a decade, the number of photographers snapping incoming models and editors outside Paris Fashion Week show sites has continued to balloon in size.

Some editors have discovered they are becoming famous in Asia because of such publications, or at least their feet are, since many photographers only take pictures of their shoes. {NY Times}

And just who, among the European editors, is most sought after by the Japanese?
“Emmanuelle Alt,” said Shoko Sakai, of the fashion director of French Vogue. “She’s so cute!”

Walter Steiger Does Akris Uncomfortably

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Manish Arora

Cathy Horyn Was Kinda Bored To Death At Paris Fashion Week

BALENCIAGA
{NY Times}
ZAC POSEN

Yohji Yamamoto did a cameo at Zac Posen's showcase {Telegraph} Love the flirty feathers!

...and it's Style.com's birthday. Global creative director for Chanel Makeup, Peter Philips, wishes the online source bon anniversaire with a lot of lip service. Now all that's needed is a reality show deal.

Gareth Pugh Throws In A Scraf...

Gareth Pugh’s Spring ‘11 collection hit the runway (well, the video runway) in Paris yesterday—and the first pieces hit stores later that night. Style.com reports that the shop-the-runway trend is ramping up lately, and the charge is being led, no great surprise, by younger designers. On September 21, during London Fashion Week, Burberry offered guests at the events the opportunity to place orders straight from the runway through a custom-built Burberry iPad application. Following yesterday's Pugh presentation, 100 chiffon scarves (in signature geometric print) went on sale Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio.com shop. “Gareth is in the vanguard of designers who grew up using the Internet and understanding its importance and power,” Knight tells Style.com. “He therefore naturally sees it as a means to launch his collection to a massive worldwide audience in a way that represents the complete artistic expression of his work.”

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011

Fairies, 1950s and kimono-inspired sheer dresses dazzle Fátima Lopes show...

...while Karim Bonnet for Impasse de la Défense opts for a more warrior-like ferry look.

{Huffington Post}