Dior's creative director, Kris Van Assche, has served up generous helpings of 'Frenchness' at the Spring Summer 2016 fashion show. Meanwhile, Hermès has unveiled a menswear collection infused with poetic themes.
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Dior's Spring/Summer 2016 collection was all about 'Frenchness'. Van Assche's designs play with the idea of the chic Frenchman embodying French elegance.
Van Assche said: "This guy mixes them with his own codes, the streetwear codes, the cargo pants, the camouflage influences, the big military coats. And so old codes meet new codes and make for what I called the new bourgeoisie".
Camouflage and zippers shared the runway with impeccably fitted suits and sky-blue shirts.
One influence came from collaboration with American ceramic artist, Kristin McKirdy. Her good-luck charms were worn by some of the models as they appeared, and her color code was also used as a reference.
Belgian designer Van Assche also brought the outside inside with a French garden filled with white roses.
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Hermes presents its menswear collection
Hermès, meanwhile, showed their Spring Summer 2016 menswear collection among the rose bushes and centuries-old stone arches of the Cordeliers convent Saturday evening.
The clothing was as luminous as the setting, a combination of informality and sublime luxury that the designer Véronique Nichanian pulls off so well.
"I wanted a collection that was graphic and poetic at the same time. So a mix of stripes, of flowers, of re-tinted prints on cotton, on linen. Joyous, graphic things that give a certain energy. And a mix between sport and vacation; I found that they went together well, and especially in this garden," said Nichanian.
Models sauntered by in cotton T-shirts and blousons of rubberized lambskin, water snake, or goatskin. They wore sandals and trousers that were either super slim or loose with a cool elastic waist. Poetic prints along with graphic stripes. And eye-pleasing, summery colors such as mint green, brick, chalk, pewter, pepper and tomato.
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