The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
PARIS, France — At the close of the Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood show you felt a lot had been thrown your way: cut-off relic fingers as pendants, sexy bikinis, hay hats with petrol dunks, dresses borrowed from Scarlett O'Hara by way of Carol Burnett. To be fair, there was also an abundance of quite lovely relaxed dresses and loose trousers.
But what to make of it, beyond the tale of Kronthaler admiring women that appeared in the show notes?
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