Think again if you thought Nicolas Ghesquière closed out the Paris Fashion Week calendar with his Louis Vuitton showcase. Anthony Vaccarello said not on his watch, staging a not-so-secret Saint Laurent show for the French fashion house’s Fall 2024 menswear collection, which was only announced to the fashion press just two days prior to showtime. Staged within the French capital’s historic Bourse de Commerce, a dead ringer to Monsieur Yves Saint Laurent himself soon emerged on the circular runway, dressed in Vaccarello’s take on power dressing. The silhouettes to follow around the perimeter of the plush show space were strong, louche and double-breasted, with wide-shouldered tailoring, trench coats and variously colored ties recalling the distinctive office attire of the 1980s.
Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:
“Kind of depressing.” [matheus_s]
“Very depressing…” [yslforever]
“Cute pieces here and there but why insist on poor suiting? They need to get a serious menswear designer.” [Kimihiro]
“This was… off and repetitive. The proportions were unsettling. Overall, very dreary.” [mteb123]
“This is a really off putting men’s collection. I don’t know why, but…
