2015-06-23

© AFP/File Patrick KovarikFrench conform engineer Olivier Rousteing for Balmain acknowledges a open during a finish of his 2015 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection conform show, on Sep 25, 2014 in Paris

Paris (AFP) – Men’s conform takes centre-stage in Paris for 5 days from Wednesday, with Balmain’s initial menswear uncover among a highlights on a packaged schedule.

Taking over from final week’s menswear spectacular in Milan, Paris men’s conform week will see catwalk shows by some 50 labels including Valentino, Hermes and Louis Vuitton.

Saturday’s entrance menswear uncover for French oppulance tag Balmain is one of a pivotal dates forward of Paris’ haute couture week, that starts on Jul 5.

Olivier Rousteing — a engineer christened “Mr Popular” by Vogue — has brought glamour, sex interest and clever silhouettes to Balmain given apropos a label’s artistic executive in 2011 during a age of only 26.

When he isn’t bustling adding lashings of leather and embellishments to his creations, Rousteing can be found pity snaps of himself with luminary friends including Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West with his 1.1 million Instagram followers.

His immature fans are energetically available his new partnership with high travel sequence HM, that hits stores in November.

Balmain’s uncover will gleam a spotlight on a men’s ready-to-wear line, that already accounts for 40 percent of a sales after rising in 2009.

Australian tag Strateas Carlucci will also be creation a Paris men’s conform week debut.

The minimalist, high-tech brand, that Peter Strateas and Mario-Luca Carlucci launched with an autumn-winter 2012 collection, was a finalist for a prestigious Woolmark Prize in Jan for a men’s line, as good as being shortlisted in Mar for women’s ready-to-wear.

Lemaire — a brainchild of former Hermes womenswear artistic executive Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran — will also be presenting a new menswear collection for spring-summer 2016. The code has a partnership with Japanese sequence Uniqlo entrance out subsequent autumn.

New York streetwear code Hood by Air, that has a cult following in a hip-hop world, will also be display a menswear in Paris for a initial time after presenting a women’s collection final year.

Style-watchers will have an eye on a new collection by Rick Owens — a engineer who lifted eyebrows in Jan when his masculine models strutted down a Paris catwalk in prolonged tunics that suggested a peep of genitalia.

Belgian engineer Kris Van Assche’s tag is particularly absent from a programme after he announced a closure final month, though he’ll be there as men’s artistic executive for Dior, one of a must-see shows.

Fashionistas get a week to redeem before a lights go behind on for Paris’ haute couture conform week, with 30 shows on a programme.

Schiaparelli’s uncover on Jul 6 is among a many hotly-anticipated events in a diary as French engineer Bertrand Guyon creates his entrance as character director.

Italy’s Fendi, meanwhile, will be imprinting 50 years of partnership with artistic executive Karl Lagerfeld, celebrating a miracle with a special fur collection on Jul 8.

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