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Paris Couture Week 2018: Lessons In Female Empowerment



This Paris Haute Couture season, designs on female power ushered in a new era on aesthetic refinement and fury, writes Rebecca Anne Proctor


A woman in a bright orange dress rolls down the aisle of the American Church in Paris. As she dances in front of intrigued onlookers—writhing her body and swaying her arms with passion—an older woman with grey hair taps her gently as if empathising with her dramatic movements—her agony and sorrow. She then too proceeds down the length of the church with her head high and lifts her arms up as if in victory. The dancer is the famed ballerina Marie-Agnès Gillot who is to retire from the Paris Opera this year and the older woman is the renowned French writer Sophie Fontanel and the show, none other than that of Lebanese maestro Rabih Kayrouz for his Fall 2018 ready-to-wear collection. The designer’s presentation, revealed through long unicolour coats flowing around the body, smooth planes, fancy brocades and avant-garde cuts, portrayed the powerful, determined female and her je ne sais quoi attitude that is all the rage these days.


Rabih Kayrouz & Marie-Agnes Gillot walk down the American Church in Paris


Just as the lavish ceremonial three-day marathon of Paris Haute Couture week began thousands of women descended on New York to participate in the 2018 Women’s March. While many chants and songs were lifted from last year’s historic demonstration, this year’s organisers created a new banner called “Power to the Polls” that aims to elect more women and candidates worldwide. Just a few weeks prior, Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Millet, alongside more than 100 women, penned an open letter in Le Monde suggesting that the #MeToo movement had gone too far. Women also took centre stage at the 24th Screen Actors Guild awards Power with all-female cast of presenters. Empowerment is certainly the name of the game and designers undoubtedly had this in mind as they crafted the intricate garments presented at the most lavish fashion shows of the season.


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