It's a boy-girl thing at Paris fashion shows
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Models present creations by Dries Van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Dries Van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Dries Van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Dries Van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. --PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by French designer Alexis Mabille as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
Models present creations by Dries Van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Dries Van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Dries Van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Dries Van Noten during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. --PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by French designer Alexis Mabille as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Alexis Mabille during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Sept 26, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (AFP) - Tartan checks, boxy shorts and perfecto jackets met sheer silks and fluid silhouettes in Paris on Wednesday as designers played a boy-girl game with their looks for next spring.
The Belgian Dries Van Noten, who drew a glitterati crowd as the first big name of the nine-day Paris fashion shows, returned to his favoured masculine-feminine hunting ground, but with a tartan twist.
"It's more masculine, more couture and more grunge," the designer told AFP backstage after the show. "Ultra-feminine couture and masculine grunge."
Lumberjack checks formed the backbone of the collection, with a shiny silver tartan spelled out on a pencil skirt, boxy shorts or a waistcoat.
