NEW BEGINNINGS
’80S EXTREMISTS
FUTURE TECHNO
CHANEL CHANEL CHALAYAN SLAP A SLOGAN ON IT
WEIRDLY WONDERFUL
…AND WEARABLE
VERY VERY BIG WORKWEAR
Photos: Getty Images, Catwalking.com, Dior FASHION MUST LOOK awfully mad to you right now. Incoherent, frenzied, absurd and, in some cases, bat-crazy-cuckoo. Here you are, flicking through Grazia, suddenly bombarded with all these catwalk images, probably thinking something along the lines of, ‘I wouldn’t be seen dead in… a) frosted pink Spandex leggings with inbuilt stilettos (Balenciaga), b) a floral rubber swimming cap (Miu Miu), c) a jacket with break-the-glass-ceiling shoulder pads (Louis Vuitton) or d) a crystal-encrusted scuba-diving suit (Maison Margiela).’ You’re thinking, ‘What’s any of this got to do with me? Has the world of fashion gone completely bananas?’ No, not entirely. This being Paris, home…
