Riccardo Tisci took a dramatic turn away from dramatic femininity with bold piercings, lace and ‘Victorian-chola girl’ style
Moustaches and facial hair are the latest trend in Paris. And while East London can claim to have got there first, Paris fashion week has taken the look a step further – this time, it’s for women.
Each and every model on the Givenchy catwalk was decorated – or disfigured, depending on your point of view – by a crust of crystals or shimmering jet, which almost obscured her features. Vast earrings suspended from the lower, middle and upper lobes swung from each side of the face, while chunky strings of jewels hung across the upper lip, suspended from the septum. Gems the size of drawing pins studded the chin, cheeks and cheekbones. Meanwhile, fuzzy kiss curls were teased out of the models’ hairlines and plastered slickly to their faces.
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