Grant Gets Artsy on Paris Runway
March 7, 2006 | Senay TOPCUOGLU
It was more avant-garde art happening than fashion fest as models clad in dazzlingly structured designs, sporting oversized fringes and crimson-stained lips held a series of static poses at Martin Grant's autumn-winter ready-to-wear show in Paris.
The Melbourne-born designer was the only Australian to put on a show in the French capital after Collette Dinnigan opted to take a break from the catwalk circuit and present her collection at a low-key soiree.
Grant's models at the Friday show stood against a white wall in an array of balloon-shaped cropped jackets, puffed sleeved-dresses and seductively demure cocktail dresses, all in a muted palette of cream, petrol blue and lashings of this season's must-have colour, black. A perfect wardrobe for a modern-day Jackie O.
Amongst the hottest items was a draped chiffon, strapless, blue, gown fit for an sultry screen siren and an achingly-sexy, tightly-belted, trench coat in cream leather.
The designer's signature tailored chic coincided perfectly with the trend towards pared-back elegance seen on Parisian runways this season.
Grant, whose fans include actor Cate Blanchett, said the show's art-house flavour reflected the collection's inspiration.
"I love the work of French painter, Corneille de Lyon, who painted French court life in the 16th century, in a very
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