The Verdict on Paris Fashion Week

Valentino, Balenciaga, Loewe and more. [View on Web]( [Add to contacts]( [New reader? Subscribe]( [BoF]( BoF FASHION WEEK Paris Fashion Week Sustainability was everywhere this Paris Fashion Week; so was 70s Parisian chic, [reports Angelo Flaccavento](. There were also some genuine fashion moments from [Dries Van Noten’s collaboration]( with Christian Lacroix to [Rick Owens]( Aztec-Metropolis goddesses to Demna Gvasalia's gorgeously disturbing [meditation on power at Balenciaga](. See below for coverage from Tim Blanks and Angelo Flaccavento. [The Verdict on Paris Fashion Week]( BY Angelo Flaccavento [Sustainability and 70s Parisian chic loomed over a week punctuated by genuine fashion moments at Dries Van Noten, Rick Owens and Balenciaga.]( [Read Reviews & See Collections]( [Back to the Essence at Valentino]( BY Tim Blanks [Pierpaolo Piccioli's enthusiasm for couture’s extravagance never wilts, and with this collection, he found a way to insinuate it into ready-to-wear.]( [Read Review & See Collection]( [Revolution in the Air at Balenciaga]( BY Tim Blanks [Demna Gvasalia's latest collection felt like a forensic analysis of the corrupting nature of power itself, rippling out through the worlds of those that have it and those that don’t.]( [Read Review & See Collection]( [Loewe's Aristocratic Spirit]( BY Tim Blanks [What was clear with this collection is how Jonathan Anderson's dedication to craft has become a thing of awesomely precise beauty. It rewards the most minute scrutiny.]( [Read Review & See Collection]( [Celine’s Bourgeois '70s ReduxÂ]( BY Angelo Flaccavento [The ghost of Yves Saint Laurent was present on the catwalk. Was it intentional? A provocation? Hard to know. But the clothing was tempting.]( [Read Review & See Collection]( [Dries Van Noten & Christian Lacroix: The Most Surprising Partnership of the Season]( BY Tim Blanks [The melding of their minds delivered an edgy extravagance forged in compatibility.]( [Read Review & See Collection]( [The World Is a Garden at Dior]( BY Tim Blanks [Maria Grazia Chiuri's message was resolutely uplifting thanks to her passion for drawing so many different strands into one coherent — and beautiful — vision of a better world.]( [Read Review & See Collection]( [Stories Embedded in the Fabric at McQueen]( BY Tim Blanks [There have been seasons when Sarah Burton’s allegiance to her past crippled her own relevance. Time has a way of readjusting such perceptions.]( [Read Review & See Collection]( [A New Kind of Awareness at Rick Owens]( BY Tim Blanks [The majestically beautiful collection, influenced by the designer’s Mexican roots and love of modernism, added new dimensions to his signatures.]( [Read Review & See Collection](  [Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below.]( for Free]( Follow Us [The Business of Fashion]( [Sponsorship & Advertising]( [About]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( | [Edit your subscriptions or sign up for our weekly newsletter]( The Business of Fashion Moray House - 6th Floor · 23-31 Great Titchfield St London W1W 7PA · United Kingdom