It was “La Vie en Rose” for Valentino, who led off Sunday’s part of Paris Fashion Week with a bold and successful pink collection. VIP guests like Lewis Hamilton and Zendaya had to deal with traffic because cars weren’t allowed in the center of the city.
Balenciaga’s show invite, which was a broken iPhone 6S, made people think it was wasteful.
Here are some of the best things about the ready-to-wear collections for fall and winter 2022:
Parts of Le Carreau du Temple in Le Marais were bathed in peach by the Parisian spring sun, which had a pink theme all over.
This Valentino collection was unlike any other because most of the 81 looks, which were often very simple, were bright pink.
It was a risky choice for designer Pierpaolo Piccioli, since the ready-to-wear styles could have looked like they were all the same. But it was handled with skill. Scallops were added to the shoulders of loose-fitting, roomy dresses that were pink and stood on chunky 70s platforms. A simple tulip-shaped skirt was strangely stiff and angular, and a soft tuxedo jacket was so big that its shoulders fell in chic chunks from the model’s shoulders.