Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011: Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent & Givenchy

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011 Coverage:
Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent & Givenchy


Chanel Chanel showed a strange mix of looks in the Spring Sumer 2011 show. On one hand, there were tons of the tweed suits, whose customer is a 50+ woman and this showed: the cuts were conservative and mature (in a bad way.) On the other hand, there were hot pants galore, worn with matching jackets...read more	Yves Saint Laurent When I looked at this collection, I was thinking, is it boring? Well, maybe it is if we consider what Yves Saint Laurent is about, but since we are all freaking out about minimalism now, this collection seems to fit in just fine. I'd call it elegant minimalism...read more	Givenchy Although I loved what Ricardo Tisci for Givenchy's Fall Winter 2010 Haute Couture show, I haven't been a huge fan of his ready-to-wear collections. I am ready to accept a designer who steers the brand in a complete different direction than its founding style, but I don't feel Tisci has found the right style for Givenchy...read more
Photos courtesy of Vogue.com