{"id":63701,"date":"2016-01-27T11:02:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T11:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=63701"},"modified":"2017-07-20T15:32:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T15:32:45","slug":"7-wonders-paris-fashion-week-aw16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2016\/01\/27\/7-wonders-paris-fashion-week-aw16\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Wonders: Paris Fashion Week AW16"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a><\/p>\n \n Few designers are as successful in building a universe around their collections as Gosha Rubchinskiy. The Russian designer has built a formidable reputation based on his sartorial explorations of youth culture \u2013 he even has financial backing from the enigmatic Rei Kawakubo, who sat front row at his AW16 show. Entitled \u201cSave and Survive\u201d, the collection featured the trademark references to Rubchinskiy\u2019s homeland (Cyrillic slogans were printed on black sweatshirts) and the usual plethora of tucked-in tracksuit bottoms and oversized denims.<\/span><\/p>\n The real difference here is the casting \u2013 Rubchisnkiy\u2019s boys (and girls) are inimitable, individual faces which stand out against the formulaic casting characteristic of high fashion. Some were punks with brightly-coloured mohawks and bleached bowl cuts, others were skinheads dressed in denim waistcoats and braces. Some were tracked down by the designer himself \u2013 teen photographer Tom Emmerson recently spoke to Dazed about how he met the designer at a book signing and was subsequently cast. It\u2019s this element of personality that ensures that editors hungry for authenticity remain enamoured with Gosha Rubchinskiy and his trademark cast of teen misfits.<\/span><\/p>\n THOM BROWNE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n It has long been argued that the art of spectacle on the runway is fast disappearing. One man looking to disprove this argument is designer Thom Browne who, last season, commissioned the construction of a Japanese-style teahouse to house his twisted geisha. It should therefore come as no surprise that a grandiose country manor hosted the designer\u2019s AW16 collection, which reversed the frequently-referenced narrative of deconstruction.<\/span><\/p>\n Instead of choosing to unravel the pristine, Browne instead sequenced the collection like a trilogy. The first looks on the runway were dishevelled \u2013 blazers had their hems frayed and unpicked, whereas a series of patchwork jackets were laden with moth-eaten holes. As the collection progressed Browne slowly began to reconstruct the withered aesthetic. Elements of luxury began to creep in; horizontal stripes on overcoats were encrusted with hundreds of tiny pearls, and the previous patchwork jackets reappeared with patches of fur sewn on. Canine inspiration also became apparent \u2013 small yellow dogs were knitted onto shirts and jackets, whereas dog-shaped bags covered in fur provided the highlight of a theatrical collection which stood out amongst its polished contemporaries.<\/span><\/p>\n