Look around, and you’ll see editors kicking off their heels and rubbing their callouses as another month of non-stop fashion weeks has come to a close. The style set has jumped from New York to London, to Milan and their final destination: Paris. They’ve seen the extraordinary and the deeply ordinary, the beautiful and the bonkers. While they have the foresight to know what’s in and what’s out from what they’ve witnessed, I’m left here still scratching my head over these five absolutely ludicrous things that happened at Paris Fashion Week…
1. Jacquemus’ Gigantic Hat
For the celebrity who supposedly doesn’t want to be seen, but actually paid the paparazzi to follow them to the beach. Cough, Kendall. So ludicrously large is this straw hat that it actually looks heavy. I pity the model’s hair after wearing it.
2. YSL’s Yeti Boots
I’m sorry, but this is meant to be a summer collection. What possibly about knee-high furry boots reads summer to Yves Saint Laurent? I * think * they are meant to be sexy. I’m not 100% sure, but as they are worn with teeny leather shorts and micro dresses, I’m guessing that’s the impact they were going for. However, this riles me to the bone because if society tells me to shave my legs and pretend hair doesn’t grow on my womanly body then why the heck is fashion telling me hairy calfs are a must?
3. L’Oréal’s Casting
In a world where millennials spend the most money on beauty, how would you go about attracting their attention? With a fashion show, possibly. Though the casting would need to be on point. In the wake of their Munroe Bergdorf PR disaster, you’d think the beauty company would try and embrace diversity. But, no, instead they had a mostly white cast of women led by two septuagenarians, Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren. God, knows what Cheryl Cole was even doing there!
4. Dior’s Miscarriage Of Feminist
I think Dior may need to read Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex before their next collection. Why? At their spring summer 2018 show the label sent out a model wearing a Breton top printed with the name of a Linda Nochlin essay on it, ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’ This isn’t the first time they’ve stolen the words of another woman for they did this the previous year with a top that read ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ (the title of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book). Before Dior try and make groundbreaking works of literature on the lack of equality into fashion statements, maybe they should pause and reflect on the sentiment itself.
5. Platformed Crocs
Christopher Kane tried to make Crocs happen a year ago, but lo and behold they didn’t catch on. Weird, right? Well, Balenciaga has decided to take on the gauntlet. Making them towering platforms a la Spice Girls and adding chipaper little trinkets, they’ve managed to morph Crocs into something altogether scary. Imagine trying to walk in them. Stairs would be a nightmare, escalators a hazard and running for the bus a suicidal mission. I thought the intention of fashion was to inspire, not make me perspire.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.