Paris Highlights Spring 2013 Menswear

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Paris is always the more

forward-thinking version of our shows.

I think Milan always seems like this sort of elegant take,

and then we ve got something quite punchy

when we get to Paris.

Paris is the world s greatest museum city.

It does old very well.

But I felt there was a younger, fresher spin

on the menswear we saw this season,

less rut, more rock.

There are very distinct trends I think emerging.

There s a very interesting kind

of attention to shine, for example.

It s quite shiny, that s interesting, yeah.

And the other thing is I think everybody

is talking about emerging sportswear and tailoring,

which is literally what Lanvin started doing.

I ve never seen python and nylon mixed together.

It was almost like it made python practical,

and it made nylon luxurious.

It s less linear, it s less about a dictate,

and it s more versatile.

And I think men today want different things.

They don t want one uniform.

The good thing about Dries is that his silhouettes,

and just his way of doing things

is such a strongly recognizable thing now

that you can take pieces

from season after season

and introduce them into your wardrobe

and still be able to put them all together.

Because his message is so clear.

I thought Paris was fantastic.

There was a lot of color this season.

Men are ready for color, they re buying color right now.

It s an emotion, and that s what makes men buy.

Even from the colors here at Thom Browne.

There s kinda that real line

between things that you really enjoy looking at,

and things that you could actually wear,

that you could see yourself wearing.

And there s always a great balance

with that with Givenchy.

There were 73 models back there.

And they just came out like bullets.

He does one theme, and then he does it

as a print and tailoring.

Maybe the best show I ve seen so far in this season.

You re looking at it

and you re thinking, I wanna wear that,

which is not always the first response

to a Rick Owens men s show.

[Tim] The titling of your shows

is always really important.

The show s called, Island.

Isn t that anarchy if every man is an island?

Well, to a certain extent it is.

We all have a little bit of Clint Eastwood in us.

[Tim] I mean, in that show you have

something like cashmere neoprene,

which is almost incomprehensible as a fabric.

Is there anything you can t do at Louis Vuitton?

No, everything is possible.

Things can be challenging, but there s never a no.

[Tim] A very, very interesting collection.

I felt that you were claiming ownership

of all the things you ve done in fashion with that show.

The collection s very related to the idea

of going back to the memories of our brand.

But at the same time, also thinking about the future.

And I think it s a juxtaposition

of the other things I m still doing,

of the other things that I m going to do,

or the other things that I did.

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