But his menswear shows — for his own eponymous label — also have generated enormous buzz. Simons' runway was built in the form of a huge wooden tabletop, laden with mounds of food and drink. It was all meant to evoke, in Simons' words, the salons of mid-century couture houses, with their "opulent tableaux reminiscent of a Flemish still-life." The models wore shiny rain boots and long shiny gloves, large colorful coats and sweaters that hung off the body in various unusual ways. Exiting the show on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue to a steady, cold downpour, one felt like running back in and grabbing one of those long, shiny rain slickers — or perhaps a calf-length cape.

Source: ABC News February 07, 2018 22:15 UTC