Julien David street cool kicks off Paris menswear shows
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A model displays a creation as part of Julien david Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Menswear collection on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation as part of Julien david Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Menswear collection on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation as part of Julien david Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Menswear collection on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation as part of Julien david Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Menswear collection on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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French fashion designer, Julien David (centre) prepares his creations for the upcoming men's fashion week, in Paris on Jan 14, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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French fashion designer, Julien David (centre) briefs models as he prepares his creations for the upcoming men's fashion week, in Paris on Jan 14, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation by Japanese-Italian designer Nicola Formichetti for the label Mugler during the men's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection show, on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation by Japanese-Italian designer Nicola Formichetti for the label Mugler during the men's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection show, on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation by Japanese-Italian designer Nicola Formichetti for the label Mugler during the men's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection show, on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Japanese-Italian designer Nicola Formichetti (left) and collection designer Sebastien Teigne for the label Mugler acknowledges the public following the men's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection show, on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation as part of Julien david Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Menswear collection on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation as part of Julien david Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Menswear collection on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation as part of Julien david Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Menswear collection on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation as part of Julien david Fall-Winter 2013-2014 Menswear collection on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
French fashion designer, Julien David (centre) prepares his creations for the upcoming men's fashion week, in Paris on Jan 14, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
French fashion designer, Julien David (centre) briefs models as he prepares his creations for the upcoming men's fashion week, in Paris on Jan 14, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation by Japanese-Italian designer Nicola Formichetti for the label Mugler during the men's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection show, on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation by Japanese-Italian designer Nicola Formichetti for the label Mugler during the men's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection show, on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation by Japanese-Italian designer Nicola Formichetti for the label Mugler during the men's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection show, on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
Japanese-Italian designer Nicola Formichetti (left) and collection designer Sebastien Teigne for the label Mugler acknowledges the public following the men's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection show, on Jan 16, 2013 during the Men's fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (AFP) - Tokyo-based French designer Julien David made his men's catwalk debut on Wednesday at the Paris menswear shows with a casual but elegant streetwear-inspired collection, while Mugler reinvented uniforms in a blaze of acid colours.
Up-and-coming David, 34, who has lived in Japan since 2006 and skateboards to relax, said the collection was all about subtle combinations.
"It's about mixing streetwear and high end with the placement of pockets, of a waist, these kinds of details," he told AFP.
"I find it interesting to make a suit with only a shirt and no jacket. It is kind of a street suit," he said.
