There’s New York and London, but nothing beats Fashion Week in Paris. All the lovers of Fashion and the best in the industry came out for the Fall 2008/2009 runway shows from the most exciting designers in the business. Here’s my quick rundown of the most buzzed about shows plus, my personal favorites:
BALENCIAGA
My favorite show this season – Balenciaga. It was sexy yet extremely modern featuring this season’s trend of sculpted clothing. Nicolas Ghesquière never disappoints…
LOUIS VUITTON
One of the most talked about shows because of the crazy high heel shoes models had to endure on the runway. Marc Jacobs is always one to step out the box – with remarkable apparel and great bags (as usual)…
CHANEL
This season, Chanel brought it back to the basics with tweeds and knits the label are known for. Perhaps a yawner for the more modern Chanel fan Karl Lagerfeld has caught but, did you see that set?…
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
Another favorite of mines from Paris, Alexander McQueen brought a stunning dark fantasy for his Fall collection…
VIKTOR & ROLF
One of the most creative shows this season, duo Viktor & Rolf practically made 3-D clothing with words popping out of their clothing. A stretch for ready to wear, but it makes a good fashion show…
MORE CREATIVITY FROM GALLIANNO & VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
John Galliano is quite the character and loves creating a few on the runway. Vivienne Westwood brought a twist of models on tilts in her safari themed show…
ELIE SAAB
Elie Saab – a favorite to many stars bright a swirl of color and fun to their collection, while still remaining elegant. Word is Beyonce, already ordered her bundle…I predict this will be a favorite.
I could go on and on about Paris but, luckily you have style.com and elle.com to do that. Check out more fashion shows there, including more from London and New York that passed.
should start posting designers relevant to us rather than chanel, gucci, christian louboutin,balenciaga, herve leger, ellie saab and dsquared, marc jacobs. it is well known that these designers do not use black models and dislike us. where is our baby phat, apple bottoms, phat farm, sean john, coogi, house of dereon, ecko, roca wear, live mechanics, enyce, akademiks. none of us make enough money to wear any of those stupid white designers so stop promoting their SHIT. SHITTTT.
Only people who make 300k+ can affford this shit. YUCK. TIANA MAKES ME FUCKING SICK. WHITE BLOGS DON’T POST URBAN CRAP. i wAnTT tO bReeAK mYY fUCkiiNG maCHiiNE.
I am at YALE and I am a Black Studies Major. This post shows how oblivious our people are. Our people are still enslaved. Tiana owes us an apology or else I will start a boycott of concrete or make sure your site does not run.
LOVE all the shoes!
wowo some people are really offended by this post looll
I guess if u can afford it then go ahead Im not into fashion at all my girl is. That stuff looks average to me.
LMAO you ppl are talkin like you can actually afforde even one of these pieces hahaha stop it
And I don’t blame them for not putting black models in thier shows they prefer shaking their ass in videos anyway and also doing spreads in king magazine yeah they really dominate in that so it kinda evens out right cuz not that many white ppl are ever in king …so yeah!
OMG @ that CHANEL set! AHHHHHHmazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The boy Marc Jacobs is a beast!!!!!
Balenciaga is the shit!
Victor & Rolf are, as usual, ahead of their time
Elie Saab is always chic!
I’m a black woman and I cannot help that I like fashion, especially some of the top designers out there.
While it is unfortunate that not a lot of darker complexioned models are used, its because they would rather have a bland model rather than a striking one. The show should be about the clothes and not the model. Maybe one day designers will stop caring about how much attention the model is getting, but until then, expect a blank pallet aka white skin and nondescript features.
Ok with these narrow-minded ass people on here! Even if you DON’T have the money to buy these pricey things, you should have aspirations to afford then EVEN if you don’t want them!
Don’t let the hood be your mentality as well as where you lay your head!
You buy products all the time from people who don’t want you wearing, buying, using their shit! That car you drive… That deoderant you wear? That dishwashing liquid….
How the fuck do you know how wants you using their product? I swear you lames with no sense of fashion or aspirational items bore me!
@ cee plz the majority of the porn industry is white and just like blacks have king, whites have playboy. stop trying to make blacks look oevrsexed when whites are right there shaking their asses as well
#55: “baby phat, apple bottoms, phat farm, sean john, coogi, house of dereon, ecko, roca wear, live mechanics, enyce, akademiks. ”
I don’t like any of the clothes from these designers. And that is not to say that I don’t support my people because Lord knows I will go out of my way to frequent black businesses, but if I don’t like the clothes then I just don’t like the clothes. And I grew up in the “hood” of Philly so I’ve seen those fashions all of the time. It just never appealed to me. Or maybe the people wearing them were always so hood I will now and always and forever associate that with hood. And everyone knows there is no place for hood in the collegiate or corporate worlds, especially if you want to be taken seriously. When are black folks going to learn that IMAGE DOES MATTER!
Also at #39:
Nice way to essentially categorize all black women as hoes and pinups. Nice job. Judgmental individuals like yourself disgust me.
Every few years the fashion industry decides that ethnic models are either in or out. This year theyre in but last year they weren’t (with the exception of a few like Liya and Chanel). Thats just how the industry works, and unfortunately it will probably always be like that.
@Bitchassness2 in response to to your comment
“where is our baby phat, apple bottoms, phat farm, sean john, coogi, house of dereon,.”
Firstly the forenamed clothes are actually quite expensive, I find it funny that some black people I know who don’t make up to the average income will rock these designers despite the price tag. I think you should wear what you can afford, if you can’t afford babyphat or chanel then dress nicely in non-designer clothes. Secondy I’m sure a lot of people on CL would agree that they wouldn’t be seen dead in House of dereonor applebottom clothing, so why would Tianna post about it?
Although Im still a student, once I’m working in the city I will be rocking Vivienne Westwood and Diane de Furstenberg because I like pretty things andalso because they use black models.
The black models are too striking is one of the weakest excuses I’ve ever heard for not hiring black models. If anyone believes this, they need to wake up to the reality of racism. I’m sure white models weren’t too striking when black models were dominatimg the runways in the 70′s. These designers will say anything to justify their racism.
I was looking at Kanye’s pic…He always looks so out of place in the fashion scene… Almost that it is forced upon him. As if if he is fullfilling HER dreams and aspirations…
Chanel has always been my favorite clasic. .
luv in live 4 fashion i cant wait until my cloths are being displayed on concreteloop and around the world doing wat u love and on a different level nothing better luvn elle sabb
my favs were louie v and chanel…and not because they were one of the few i could pronouce LOL!…..but no really i was digging the lv stockings….that was kinda hot,and the purses were nice…chanel i was moreso feeling the clothing
Thank you Steve B!!!!!!!
Learn ur history people is all I got to say, just learn ya history…
I for one know that I cant afford Chanel, Balenwhatever but I know I can afford Baby Phat, House of Deron but you will not catch me in neither one of those clothing lines. Although I would like to also see a little diversity with the fashion blog.. since there isnt one maybe I’ll create my blog. I like seeing the things that Beyonce and Rhianna wear because I can always find them at a lower price elsewhere and not cost a G.
I just looked at Chanel’s Haute fashion show for spring-summer 08 he had 40 looks and no black models.
BITCHASSNESS I HARDLY BELIEVE YOU ARE AT YALE WITH THAT IGNORANT ATTITUDE. NONE OF THE DESIGNERS YOU MENTIONED ARE HIGH FASHION DESIGNERS…THAT IS WHY THEY ARE AT MACYS AND YOU CAN AFFORD THEM..WATCH BET’S GHETTO RIP THE RUNWAY FOR THAT MESS~
ITS OBVIOUS YOUR MAJOR ISNT FASHION, BUT EVEN AS A BLACK STUDIES MAJOR THATS SAD…THERE ARE BLA CK HIGH FASHION DESIGNERS SUCH AS RACHEL ROY!
AND I AGREE
The black models are too striking is one of the weakest excuses I’ve ever heard for not hiring black models. If anyone believes this, they need to wake up to the reality of racism. I’m sure white models weren’t too striking when black models were dominatimg the runways in the 70’s. These designers will say anything to justify their racism.
IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY AND BELIEVE THIS, THEY ARE BRAINWASHED!
IGNORANCE IS BLISS…BOY OH BOY ..WE AS BLACKS SHOULDNT HAVE TO SETTLE FOR LESS….AND WHERE DO PEOPLE GET OFF THINKING THAT BLACK PEOPLE CANT FIT THESE CLOTHES? ALL RACES OF PEOPLE COME IN MANY SIZES! THERE ARE BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE SIZES 0-2 AND WHITE WOMEN WHO ARE 14-16! ALSO THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD THESE C LOTHES JUST AS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON WELFARE ARE WHITE..ENOUGH WITH THE STEREOTYPES AND DUMB INUENDOS!
Why can’t a post just be that…A POST…why must black and white come up allll the time…so where are the indian models where are the chinese models…oh there aren’t enough red heads or there aren’t enough dark black girls…there are too many light skinned girls…blah blah blah…wahhhh wahhh wahhh….STFU!
i see a lot of nice things up here. i love the expression of oneself through fashion. however since in not a heir to anybody’s fortune i perfer saving my money to purchase things thats going to make me money in the end. Since i’ve got a family i cant think of just myself although its nice to “treat” myself every now and then. One day when i got it like that hopefully it will be another story but for now i plan to do more travelling when i retire and have something for my children to fall back on when im old and gray and big checks stop rolling in.
Too bad you will never see a little black girl in anything like this.Diane,Donna, Michael Kors and Zac Posen does use black models and haven’t seen YSL use black models since he retired.Don’t know about Karl Lagerfield even though he put Tyra and Kimora on the runway.Chanel always had elegant sets like that so I wasn’t suprised, but they look really nice!Like YSL said fashion isn’t what it use to be because “real beauty” isn’t appreciated.Even though I don’t see who would buy a $1000 shirt and pants while you can get a better looking one anywhere else from $40 to about $50.Only thing that why people love this is 1) because of the name.Just because it’s the name don’t make them any classier,elegant than the next.I buy accessories from them, but anything to clothes, won’t make a difference because it’s not like you will make a statement.Anybody can make the shit they make.It only shows you have money.But I love the fashion though I hope to get to London for Marangoni after I graduate from college to study fashion merchandising.
Oh yeah since I love Project Runway Christian did the damn thing!
>>These designers deliberately exclude black models from their shows and adverts. Why are YOU doing what they themselves aren’t willing to do by promoting them to a black audience? Black people wake up.
It’s so sad to see how black people put down other blacks. I see how black men on this board do. Whatev! Sistas, don’t let these no count men bring your spirits down. Black women are the # 1 consumers on there and the market is changing to suit your needs.
I love the Victor & Rolf. Very creative and AMAZING! Loved it.
No to the Louis. I get it….platforms are back… but not like that.
Alexander McQueen: sick of the goth look.
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Don’t know if you guys watch Project Runway, but the winner’s outfits look very similar to Alexander McQueen’s collection. He did study with him so I don’t know… Just don’t like when someone gets called innovative for something that’s been done before
Tianna, I ain’t mad at cha….but I am bothered at the lack of brown on ALL these runways. In a previous comment someone commended a designer for having 2 black models per season. WHOOPDY- EFFIN-DO. I guess now he deserves a cookie?! Black people, please wake up! Stop wasting your money on designers who are SHOWING you they time and time again they don’t want it; WHETHER you can afford it or not is irrelevant to the point……and that’s RAMPANT RACISM.
That black canvas stuff is certified, grade A- BULLiSH
“and Diane de Furstenberg because I like pretty things andalso because they use black models.”
That’s Diane Von Furstenberg
And thanks to you one and all for thinking only white designers make high prices and high class stuff. Micheal B, Tracy Reese, Catherine Malandrino, Zac Posen, Oscar De La Renta, Carolina Herrera, Gerogio Armani, Elber Albaz (French), Anna Sui, etc., the list goes on with Black and Non-white designers…great designers too!
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LaLa
Thursday, March 6, 2008 /
“Tianna, I ain’t mad at cha….but I am bothered at the lack of brown on ALL these runways. In a previous comment someone commended a designer for having 2 black models per season. WHOOPDY- EFFIN-DO. I guess now he deserves a cookie?! Black people, please wake up! Stop wasting your money on designers who are SHOWING you they time and time again they don’t want it; WHETHER you can afford it or not is irrelevant to the point……and that’s RAMPANT RACISM.
That black canvas stuff is certified, grade A- BULLiSH”
If it is so certified, why is it that Kimora, when she does use Black models, all of them are pretty well know. Usually it takes a Karl, Gerogio, Zac, etc. to use new and unseen Black models before a person like Kimora uses them for her show.
If it is certified…why do they use Black models at all?? And I mean any designers at any time, because they don’t have to! NO ONE IS OBLIGATED in the fashion industry to do anything! They don’t have to ever use a BLACK model, so why do they??
Think about it dummy…when a person like Muccia Prada does not use a Black model in 15 years and all of a sudden she does…what does she get…MEDIA ATTENTION OUT THE A$$…if her collection is wack, guess what..SHE USED A BLACK MODEL..the first in 15 years…so certified my a$$.
Fashion has always been about the times…what is going on in the real world. Some designers are smart enough to capitalize off the fact that the world, the schools we attend, the corporate jobs we have, the stores we shop in, still hold racists views…
Why do you think Viktor and Rolf had that saying in their clothes “NO” and “DREAM” that is a statement they are making.
OPEN YOUR MIND BITCHES!!!!
@ CORRETCTION…ONCE AGAIN ITS ON!!!
Giorgio Armani is white. he’s italian.
@TTT
Sometimes it’s not the actual designer sketching those ideas.Plus this was fashion week from last fall I believe.
Wow, sorta underwhelming…hmmm And, I can’t understand how anyone would argue against someone saying black people are underrepresented in the fashion world. Of course we are…where have you been? I do like high-end, though… I think we should do more of that…I mean, find our independent brothers and sisters and support them as opposed to spending hundreds of millions on mass produced commercial crap like Baby Phat and Apple Bottoms. Support real art!
Love this discussion. I decided against doing a review of the shows b/c 1. I figured that style.com and the Washington Post already did it, and 2. I wasn’t sure if my readers were that into haute couture. But that’s silly…everyone has an opinion and the Paris shows are the hottest of Fashion Week.
I salute Tianna for adding her voice into the mix, though, and i plan on doing the same.
If you want affordable fashion, check out my site:
http://www.thefashionbomb.blogspot.com
All urban fashion…all the time.
Great job w/ the fashion guys!
i love the little girl,she’s so adorable,could someone tell where i can find it please?:(