The show notes cast the collection, which was presented here Friday, as being inspired by two incongruous aspects of Paris’ history. The first is its role as a global fashion capital, writing “I believe that it’s our incomparable heritage of couture and its high standards of tailoring, intricate sculpting and embellishment that distinguish us,” going on to explain that the collection was designed to pay homage to the City of Light by seeing how far he and his design team could riff on those elements. (Spoiler alert: pretty far.)

Source: Los Angeles Times September 29, 2018 23:15 UTC