Wonderland.

BACKSTAGE AT PFW: OFF-WHITE

Virgil Abloh trades streetwear for red carpet couture in Off-White’s latest womenswear collection.

Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland

Virgil Abloh’s Off-White show was always going to be a highlight of Paris Fashion Week, and it seems as if the American designer has been inspired by his time in the capital as Louis Vuitton Mens’s creative director, with a womenswear collection that oozed elegance and true French chique.

While last year’s Vuitton show saw a range of rappers and hip-hop artists, from Octavian to Samuel Ross, don Abloh’s designs, he opted here for a cast of seasoned models, headed up by longtime affiliates Bella and Gigi Hadid, Adut Akech and Karlie Kloss. These were the names chosen to debut four Off-White ballgowns, designs perhaps more grandiose and couture-like than the brand’s previous looks, with front row viewers dazzled by an array of yellows, A$AP Rocky ‘Testing’-lookalike checks, and and slique blacks and silvers.

The brand’s urban, industrial character was not fully relinquished, with silver puffers, wraparound tape-like boots, Matrix-esque square patterns and bold text laden jackets also featuring, as well as a range of accessories.

Take a look at some images from the collection, below.

Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland
Paris Fashion Week Off white Wirgil Abloh Wonderland