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After the relatively sedate shows and commercial clothes that came down the runways during the fall 2008 collections here, it was left up to a couple of Brits to put the fantasy back into Paris fashion week.
Designers Alexander McQueen and John Galliano each presented over-the-top shows that were not only spectacular theatre but starred some extraordinarily beautiful clothes that provided a jolt the jaded fashion crowd needed from the lull of the week's lack of runway theatrics.
On Friday night, Alexander McQueen presented a fantastical collection based on a fairy tale - The Girl Who Lived In The Tree.
If that tale doesn't seem familiar from your Mother Goose days, never mind, it seems to be a concoction of this genius designer.
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With sweeping historicism and an embrace of nature, the final days of the autumn/winter 2008 season took a gentle turn, as though graphic modernism and shiny, metallic futurism were being rejected by born romantics.
At Nina Ricci, Sunday's collection was tinged with the autumnal melancholy of golden leaves turning from saffron to ochre.
It was a show about those gentle fall colorings, delicately treated - even thought the designer Olivier Theyskens said backstage: "I wasn't thinking so much about nature but about finding things in the attic."
The shades of the fall season were glorious: teal blue and bois de rose among russet tones.
But the clothes were infinitely more constrained and repetitive, with the daywear based on a snug jacket and pants with a jodhpur curve.
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PUMA announced that it appointed Hussein Chalayan, a global designer, artist and film maker, as the Creative Director for PUMA with immediate effect, responsible for designing, creating and developing the sport fashion collections of the brand.
PUMA also acquired a majority stake in Chalayan's London-based fashion business and brand Hussein Chalayan.
Through this long-term partnership with PUMA, Chalayan will have the opportunity to grow his ready to wear fashion collections.
"Hussein Chalayan is a proven visionary in the fashion, design and art industries.
As our Creative Directorfor our Sport Fashion business, Chalayan will bring his use of new technology, forward-thinking design and provocative point of view to PUMA," said Jochen Zeitz, Chairman and CEO of PUMA.
"Acquiring majority shares of the Hussein Chalayan brand is giving PUMA the ability to move into a new space, expanding our reach to become the most desirable Sportlifestyle company in the world."
In his position as Creative Director, based in London, Chalayan will be responsible for all creative direction for PUMA Sport Fashion collections and will touch all product categories including footwear, apparel and accessories.
Chalayan will work hands-on with all PUMA respective design teams worldwide.
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Fashion Illustration Gallery is participating in FORM, the Modern and Contemporary Art & Design Exhibition at Olympia.
New work by Antonio, Francois Berthoud, Jason Brooks, Rene Gruau, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, David Downton, Tanya Ling, Gladys Perint Palmer and Grayson Perry will be presented.
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This year's fashion exhibition Modepalast (fashion palace) takes place for the sixth time at Vienna's MuseumsQuartier from 17 until 20 April 2008.
In one big fashion zone young Austrian and international labels present designs ranging from Street Couture to Urban Wear and High Fashion.
The trade fair for young international fashion design, jewellery and accessories is the place to be regarding upcoming trends.
As one of the world's biggest cultural areas the MuseumsQuartier (MQ) in Vienna supplies a mixture of modern architecture, culture, design and fashion.
Young fashion designers with a progressive image can use this background to present their products adequately while meeting interested customers.
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