Photo Diary | 10 Fashion Moments at Paris Fashion Week

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  • Rick Owens' beautiful draped silhouettes and soft colours | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Sarah Burton continued her astounding evolution of the Alexander McQueen brand with a show focused on exploding 3-dimensional shapes. | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Marc Jacobs clever plan to bring more bags than ever on the Louis Vuitton runway, while evoking the brand's heritage of travel was a showstopper | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Olivier Rousteing delivered a characteristically over-the-top Balmain collection with Fabergé egg motifs | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Effortless, minimal shapes in bold colours, made for a Hussein Chalayan show that was surprisingly commercial, but still striking to take in | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Pretty clothes and new shapes at Dior, but where was the dream? To be continued. | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Kenzo designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lim showed their second collection of bright prints and colours at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Alber Elbaz's blowout 10th anniversary fashion show and party at Lanvin was the Paris Fashion Week moment | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Gareth Pugh's female urban warriors were ready for a style battle | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital
  • Manish Arora toned things down and focused on the codes of the house in his second showing for Paco Rabanne | Photo: Morgan O'Donovan for Dazed Digital

PARIS, France — Ahh, Paris. The spiritual home of fashion where the wonderful diversity of creative ideas and fashion dreams comes together in a veritable cornucopia of collections that close off fashion month. We’ve selected ten fashion moments from the Autumn/Winter 2012 collections in Paris, with photographs by Morgan O’Donovan, whose camera was focused on all the goings on backstage — before, during and after the runway shows.

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Fashion criticism, Italian tax twists, Ecommerce imperative, Trunk show, Ethan Koh’s heritage

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Chanel Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: Independent

Fashion Week: The beleaguered art of fashion criticism (The Star) “There was a time when fashion designers feared the critics who populated the front rows of their fashion shows. A bad review could mean a collection was ignored by the fashion magazines. Stores might turn elsewhere for the clothes to fill their racks next season.” Italy tax twists throw luxury market in disarray (Reuters) “Jeweller Mattia Cielo

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All aboard Vuitton express, Baselworld, Digital embrace, Future of retailing, Wang worries

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Louis Vuitton Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: Elle Canada

All Aboard the LV Express (IHT) “The clock struck 10 a.m. Wednesday and in a puff of smoke a Louis Vuitton steam train, smartly painted, chugged onto the platform. Out stepped women with hats held high, their A-line camel coats layered over skirts and pants fit for travel.” Groups struggle to meet demand (FT) “If 2011 was the year of euphoria for the watch and jewellery industry, gathered this month for its annual

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Elegance in Milan, NAP’s China plans, Split Marc, Behind the story, Hypebeast fundamentals

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Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Roberto Cavalli A/W 2012 | Source: Showmoda

Catwalks Echo the Oscar Elegance (IHT) “If there is such a thing as a female dandy, that was the Armani look: long jackets, curving in at the waist, perhaps with a flat fabric flower on the label. Slim pants made up the lower half, until the jackets were cropped shorter for fuller pants.” Net-A-Porter Buys Into China Luxury E-Commerce Market (Jing Daily) “A little over one year since its establishment by Adrienne

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Asian impact in Paris, Currency boost, British menswear, Ungaro unravels, Kim Jones Q&A

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L-R Mugler, Issey Miyake, 3.1 Phillip Lim Fall 2012 | Source: Style.com

Asian Designers Make an Impact in Paris (IHT) “Asian designers, whether home based or in the fashion diaspora, are making an impact in the opening days of the Paris men’s 2012 season. Phillip Lim, the Cambodian-American designer based in New York, was smart to come to Paris to show a 3.1 Phillip Lim collection that was simple but laced with the conceptual.” European Luxury-Goods Stocks May Benefit From Weaker Currencies

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