Courrèges Brings the Sand to PFW
Courrèges established itself as one of the most iconic fashion houses in the 60s with their futuristic space age designs. Then, under the creative direction of Artaud Vaillant and Sebastian Meyer, the brand made a decades-long comeback with simplicity as its fundamental backbone.
In 2015 they made their directorial debut at Paris with a building-blocks collection made up of 15 designs in 15 different materials and colors. Vaillant opened the show with a statement expressing how they believe that ready-to-wear should actually be something that is ready to wear, ready to live. The 15 looks collection has the ability to mix and match the garments creating up to 225 outfits!
This time the creative baton was passed to Louis Vuitton, Ras Simons and Balenciaga alum Nicolas Di Felice. All eyes are on him.
A prestigious and very sought after position, as it is a haven for future thinking, progressive design and innovation. Oh, and it so happens to be the brand's 60th anniversary, so no pressure!
It was an after-beach-party-rave were fluidity was inspired by surf and beach motifs. We’ve seen many collections this season navigate the themes of “coral reef life” and “the ocean”, Di Felice even made a silicone coral dress and vest!
Raves go well into the morning so models walked the sand covered oasis with their shoes off and their sling backs in their hands. Pieces that are airy and easy to take off or put back on. The simplicity of the collection lies in its details, dresses held by crossed straps, jeans that button on the inside, zippers everywhere and asymmetrical cuts like in the all denim look.
Nicolas Di Felice managed to incorporate a future forward design and maintained some of Courrèges favored details.