Paris Fashion week is THE fashion week out of London, Milan, NY. Behind the scenes editors, buyers, aka fashionistas have their outfits planned with precision weeks before. Their “looks” decided six months ago. They will be on show and be the word on the look of the season. Mother Nature had other plans for the fashionistas she let summer linger on. Naughty Mother Nature! How could she ? The fashionistas were all in a tizz. “What to wear?” A question one never hears from a fashionista, as she knows what to wear all the time. Fashionistas never gets it wrong. Is the weather report correct 85 degrees in Paris? All those to die for winter outfits not to be on show. Quel disaster!
The “weather” was the on dit of the Paris Fashion Week not the look of Spring Summer 2012
PR “It’s so hot. I am wearing vintage“ Vintage as in this summer.
Fashion Buyer “It’s too warm to work“
Designer Showroom Muse “What weather ? I am indoors and loving the AC” wearing a Spring Summer 2012 Horiyoshi The Third cotton cardigan.
Designer Showroom Creative Director “Have sell, have to wear it”
Fashion Editors “I did not bring the right outfits”
Designer “Paris is where you come to see the fashion worn the way it should be. This week it looked like everyone was on holiday.”
The Fashion Show that happens on the street never took place. I did not see the fave picks of the fashionistas. The must have pieces were not walking around. What was seen on the street was seen all summer, nothing new. What I did see for the first time lots of models with tanned legs. Yes those legs are real. I was missing the fashion show that I had come to rely on for the pulse of the season.
Fashionistas were suffering, as were the shops. Fashion week is the peak of selling period for the shops. With the heat no one was buying. Everything looked too warm. Sales being down meant Autumn Winter 2012 orders would be down due to the low sell through. The domino effect of the weather was in full force.
What did I wear? I choose the unfashion look, Petite Bateau white tee shirt, Acne jeans, Horyoshi The Third scarf. Repettos ballet flats. The Paris Fashion Week made repeating summer looks the in thing. A trend which Duchess of Cambridge has no problem with. After all it was 85 degrees and fashionistas need to look cool and not wilting away. Oh la la !