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At times though, the dramatic setting for the
catwalk show threatened to upstage the clothes: the models
paraded through a cavernous, pitch-black space, each one bathed
in a circle of light from floodlights.
Celebrities including actress Zoe Kravitz and Hailey Baldwin,
the model married to performer Justin Bieber, watched the show
in Paris's Trocadero district in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.
The women's ready-to-wear collection, overseen by Saint Laurent
creative director Anthony Vaccarello, stuck to its theme of
boldly mixing contrasting styles.
From the waist up, models were dressed demurely in pussy bow
blouses and conventionally-tailored tweed jackets. Peaking out
from beneath were glistening skin-tight trousers made of what
appeared to be vinyl or PVC.
Some of the outfits leaned towards the daring; in one case, a
PVC corset barely concealed by a full-length coat that was worn
unbuttoned.
Other outfits took a safer route, but still with a nod to
fetishism. One model walked down the catwalk in a loose-fitting
jacket worn with culottes that were short enough to reveal her
thigh-length PVC boots.
The fashion house was founded by Yves Saint Laurent, widely
credited with revolutionizing women's fashion. Saint Laurent
died in 2008; he was succeeded as creative director first by
Hedi Slimane, and then, from 2016, by Vaccarello.
The brand is owned by the Kering SA luxury goods conglomerate,
which also owns the Gucci and Balenciaga labels.
(Reporting by Antony Paone and Christian Lowe; editing by
Jonathan Oatis)
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