The Paris collections ended with a bang at Louis Vuitton’s show at the Louvre last night, but what’s the week’s major takeaway? Where the other cities seemed to coalesce around general themes of political activation (New York), diversity in heritage and craft (London), and lively celebrations of womanhood (Milan), Paris was a mixed bag—from the practical eclecticism of Céline and Louis Vuitton to the retro kitsch of Miu Miu to out-of-this-world spectacle courtesy of Chanel. The broad-strokes trends seemed to herald the return of bold, tailored suiting and pretty, easy dresses simultaneously, from the peaked shoulders of Stella McCartney to the calf-sweeping hems at Loewe. There was couture at Balenciaga and a cerebral mind bender at Comme des Garçons.
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