Today in Paris, Kenzo’s Carol Lim and Humberto Leon closed Men’s Fashion Week with some serious showmanship. The production, staged in the vast courtyard of the city’s Lycee Camille-See, featured a performance of abseiling acrobatics by artists wearing primary-hued overalls. They looked like Teletubbies after a crash diet.
However, spring 2018’s co-ed collection footwear packed an even mightier color punch. Men’s looks featured boxing boots (already a big spring trend) in orange leather with alligator accents, and round-toed pumps with straps in contrast colors — many of which came teamed with fuzzy, canary yellow socks.
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Women wore mules with contrast python straps and floral appliqué details or white origami-style ankle boots with open toes and seams to both front and rear like paper bags.
Brightly colored heels came set at a 45-degree angle, and candy stripe socks were de rigueur. The same stripes and florals were also a leitmotif in the ready-to-wear and came clashed with abandon throughout.
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The collection’s twin muses were musician and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto, who provided some of the prints, and also Sayoko Yamaguchi, who was one of the world’s original supermodels and a muse to Kenzo Takada himself. Sorry, introverts, but spring ’18 will have you too climbing the wall.
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