A show inspired by Anne-France Dautheville, the first woman to motorcycle solo around the globe, gave Paris fashion week its first out-of-the-box hit
What has happened at the Paris-based, English-led house of Chloé is a microcosm of what has happened to fashion. Until a year or so ago, Chloé turned out solid, commercial collections based on a classically French, ultra-feminine style of dressing: blouses and elegant trousers, tousled hair and expensive sunglasses. Chic and pretty with a catch-all air of non-specific nostalgia, Chloé was bohemian in the most vanilla sense.
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