Fashion in Paris: High-necked, but sexy

Even Lagerfeld and Armani designs look old-fashioned: The Givenchy designer Clare Waight Keller is the new star of Parisian haute couture. Always seductive without showing much skin.

The Paris Haute Couture week is not over yet, but it could well be that the best collection was already seen. Clare Waight Keller, who has never done couture before 2017, showed a championship on Tuesday that will make your jaw drop. Their clothes are so refreshing that they did not need an impressive backdrop. The bare white walls of the Paris Modern Art Museum were enough. The perfect place to show works of art.

Black is the keynote. It starts with a pitch-black latex tights under a black double-breasted with white lapels, which pulls like a bolt over the chest. That sounds cheesy at first, but it actually looks really cool. The materials are just as beautiful as the white stripe on the chest. At pictures of this outfit fashion-interested did not come over on Instagram.

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Adut Akech in Givenchy

Almost as often to see was the big black back bow, which was worn in a corsage and a semi-transparent trumpet skirt. Nice, but useless Chichi - you might think, but the loop is a backpack. Is this the new it-bag? In any case, as elegant as urban accessory.

Apart from black, the Waight Keller also conjures up white, yellow, fuchsia, lilac and blue, with colorful fringes and sequins. The strongest parts, however, are simply black. Sure, that always looks classy, here lies the sophistication in the cuts: high-necked, but sexy. The Briton seduces without showing much skin. Shoulders and arms are free, the rest mostly covered. Here and there some skin shimmers through.

For men, Waight Keller showed five outfits: a patterned tuxedo, two tuxedos - once with ornaments and one in ivory, a variation of the double-breasted suit with the flash-lapel and a dress shirt to a soft flowing silk pants. Everything solid, but no comparison to the ladies.

If Clare Waight Keller was known to many as the designer of Meghan Markle's wedding dress, she should be a household name among fashion fans worldwide at least from now on.

Givenchy: Dark magic

Givenchy Spring 2019

Karl Lagerfeld has already arrived on the fashion Olympus, his talent and his work ethic are legendary. All the more was the surprise when the champion missed his two Chanel shows on Tuesday. For the first time in his time at the French label, he did not perform at the end of the defile. The 85-year-old was too exhausted, it said from the company. Therefore, he asked his right hand Virginie Viard to represent him in the Grand Palais.

Viard has been with Lagerfeld for more than 30 years and now manages all of Chanel's creative departments. A worthy replacement, then. And a possible successor? Because of course fired the abstinence of the designer again rumors, an upcoming change. Lagerfeld himself has always rejected such speculations with reference to his lifelong contract. But at some point the moment has come, from which it is no longer possible. But it still does not seem to be that far.

Chanel: "Luxury, peace and joy"

Chanel Spring 2019

Lagerfeld's newest Chanel collection was "Luxe, calme et sérénité" ("luxury, peace and joy"). Unlike Givenchy but it is not without elaborate decoration. This time, an Italian country estate and pool was recreated. Lagerfeld, however, did not show a collection inspired by the Mediterranean, and he sees the spring as a symbol of 18th-century French fashion.

The show opened with a costume, Chanel's classic. Bouclé jacket and skirt are made of silver fabric. The rock slit draws the eye to the shoes, the most interesting part of the whole outfit. The heels are free and superscript, the instep covered with silk as in the rococo. While everything is well-known above the ankle, the shoes show that Lagerfeld is still one of the best.

Armani: Italian Tricolore

Armani Privé Spring 2019

Giorgio Armani

It was the other way round with Giorgio Armani: the fashion Italian, the scenery French (the noble Hôtel d'Evreux in the style of Napoleon III.). Parallels were also apparent in the dramaturgy of the colors, the first look a silvery-gray trouser suit. After that it quickly became multicolored: white ornaments on black blazers, red lines on dark blue silk, gray stripes on a pale pink background, black sequins and then a lot of blue-red combinations. Finally, a flowery blazer dress, followed by eight queens of the night in sexy evening dresses, and as a highlight: the bride, covered from head to to behind tulle and yet unmistakable.

Fashion in Paris: High-necked, but sexy

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