Jumat, 27 September 2013

Topless activists crash Nina Ricci show

Day three of Paris Fashion Week was full of surprises. At Nina Ricci, topless protesters from Femen crashed the show to protest sexualization in the modeling industry, and at Rick Owens, the shockingly curvey models wore grimaces as they stomped across the catwalk.


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PARIS - Jolts and unexpected turns marked the third day of Paris' spring-summer 2014 shows -- though some were intentional, others were not.


First, there were designer Rick Owens' unconventional models. The unrelenting fashion showman threw tradition to the wind and flew in a troupe of nearly all-black college students from the U.S. to model his ready-to-wear clothes Thursday.


With curvy bodies and wild hair the 40 energetic students modeled the looks by dance, moving in a style that crossed rapper Missy Elliott's moves with those of pom-pom bearing cheerleaders. Gone were the 6-foot (2-meter) blond and usually white beauties who fashion insiders expect to parade down the podium. Nonetheless, it had one normally sober English fashion editor nodding head and tapping his foot to the beat. Spring is, after all, a season for change.


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The biggest shock of the day came at the otherwise calm and gentle Nina Ricci show, when two topless activists from feminist group Femen crashed the podium. Grabbing a startled model making her way down the catwalk, they screamed 'fashion fascism,' with words decrying the sexualization of the modeling industry written in make-up across their naked torsos.


The rest of the day seemed quite mute in comparison, with Balmain continuing its opulent ornamentation, Barbara Bui revamping denim and Lanvin's ode to liquid glamor.


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RICK OWENS


It was young, gifted and black all the way during Rick Owens' spirited and derailed presentation.


Young student-models appeared as if out of the heavens from a door at the top of a 50-foot (10-meter) metal scaffold.


They glared at the front row with angry expressions, producing an energy in the room that even topped Owens' last show, which featured live, swinging acrobats.


There was one down side: The speed of the spectacle, and the fact that some of the models didn't quite fit into the clothes made it hard to judge the collection clearly.


Still, there were certainly some interesting looks among the creations, which were divided into monochrome black, beige, gray and white sections.


The black looks, which featured sporty zippers and tight, structured leather paneling on tops, had some great details. One was a skirt made of baubles below a swirling, 3-D fabric panel.


The white section, too, with loose clean panels of fabric, had a sporty and futuristic vibe that matched the surreally oversized Adidas pumps.


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