Paris Fashion Week

It’s official. Fashion’s obsession for Spring is travel—synonyms, indeed, are fast running out to describe the nomadic, itinerant, roving eye of designers. There’s three out of action, right there. That idea of incessant movement isn’t just a source of inspiration to Kim Jones—it’s a way of life. He is a man gripped with wanderlust, a man who has traveled to Japan alone over 70 times in the past decade, and plenty of places besides.

Never shy of going against the grain, Walter Van Beirendonck veered away from sportswear — a prevalent category on men’s catwalks for spring 2017 — with a highly sartorial collection. That’s not to say the Belgian maverick abandoned his traditional riot of hues, patterns and textures, but it didn’t obscure his masterful skill for fine tailoring.

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli decided they would throw in the towel whenever they felt each item in their spring collection was finished just enough to reveal the beauty of the craftsmanship at the heart of a couture house like Valentino.

Homme et femme Collection titled Y/Project based in Paris presenting Spring/Summer 2017 at Paris Fashion Week.

OAMC presents french menswear Collection Spring/Summer 2017 Paris

Demna Gvasalia has spent much time poring through the Balenciaga archives since he joined the house last October. Under his direction, the Pre-Fall lookbook was apparently shot there, while his first womenswear collection reinterpreted the attitudes found in Cristóbal Balenciaga’s haute couture for everyday clothes of today.