Identical to Cole Porter, Pierre Mahéo loves Paris within the springtime, within the fall, within the winter when it drizzles and in the summertime when it sizzles – similar to it’s doing proper now.
His reveals are a mirrored image of his affection for the town, and a snapshot of life on the streets, considered from a few of his favourite haunts. Final season he staged the present at his favourite neighborhood hangout, Brasserie Rouquet on Boulevard Saint Germain, the place he invited visitors to drink Champagne, nibble on nuts and watch fashions weave by means of the tables carrying his newest designs.
This season he was again on the streets, staging an open-air present on Rue Jules Chaplain (dwelling of Officine’s atelier) and questioning aloud what Paris could be like if it had been near the ocean, like Barcelona or Marseilles.
“You’d want super-lightweight clothes and to ensure there’s lots of air across the physique,” mentioned the designer, who despatched out a cooling lineup of resort put on splendid for the steamy Paris climate.
His fashions wandered up and down the road in leisurely method, wearing light-weight “parachute” poplin jackets and drawstring trousers, a few of which had been rolled on the backside; ultra-lightweight seersucker tops, and tunics with skinny pajama stripes.
They wore flip-flops and bandana-like headbands, and accesorized with lengthy necklaces adorned with shells and rope-like belts produced from leftover bits of cloth.
Mahéo additionally designed for when the solar goes down and the breeze begins to roll in from the ocean. For cooler climate there have been suede or cotton workwear jackets and super-light leather-based brief fits in a chilled palette of cocoa, pebble, black and marine blue.
Mahéo totally embraced the benefit of seaside dressing. Throughout a post-show interview, he pointed to his personal comfortable, wide-leg chinos and mentioned, “If you discover one thing like this, you don’t ever need to return to tight.”
