Traveling Light
by Timothy Hagy
PARIS, July 1, 2005 - If there are endless ways of presenting clothing to
editors and buyers, Gilles Rosier perhaps took the cake with a series of
tableau vivant featuring models in bedroom settings, clad only in their white
underwear, slowly dressing, posing for the cameras, then undressing to start
the cycle all over again. The sight of buffed models in their skivvies was
evidently too much for one overwrought German editor, whose shriek of delight
was barely muffled by the soundtrack “Leaving on a Jet Plane”.
Traveling light was the theme of Rosier’s collection for Summer 2006, and
despite the clunky presentation, which had more than one Fashionista
rummaging through the wardrobe in hopes of actually seeing the clothes,
several pieces stand out.
The elegant cut of a black evening suit, a two toned sweater worn with a tie,
the silver studs woven into a scarf and a pair of pants inlaid with sterling
were among the memorable flashes.
In an age of reduced budgets, perhaps alternatives to the runway are becoming
frequent fliers. But it’s still worth remembering that a catwalk presentation
is the best way of making sure your that work doesn’t drop off the radar
screen.
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