Congrats ... a model kisses designer Vivienne Westwood after her spring-summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection in Paris / AP
- Westwood unveils crazy collection
- Galliano goes tribal for Dior
- Pictures: Westwood`s creations
BRITISH fashion designer Vivienne Westwood launched a typically weird and wonderful collection at her spring-summer 2009 ready-to-wear show in Paris overnight.
There were capes, colourful stripes, big hats, red lace, a lot of ruffles, tartan dresses and flowing togas.
Just as bold was John Galliano`s collection for Christian Dior. He unveiled his "tribal chic`` look for next summer which partnered tame silk chiffon with python and sharkskin.
In a tent packed to the gunnels with 1500 press and buyers overnight, he sent out a collection heaving with animal pelts and reptile skins cut up into jackets and coats, some `au naturel` in black, camel and grey, but others dyed startling shades of orange and acidulic green.
Leather jackets looked as if they were battle-scarred like Zulu warriors. Even the micro-mini silk skirts underneath the jackets, sunray pleated and often sheer, needed the legs of a giraffe to carry them off with conviction.
Galliano took his bow at the end in a sober black-trousers-and-waistcoat ensemble, to the resounding applause of a host of celebrity guests, including cabaret artiste Dita von Teese, singer Lily Allen and actresses Eva Green, Milla Jovovich, Marion Cotillard, and Elsa Zylberstein.
- With AFP
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