Best Paris Fashion Week 2019 Moments

Y/Project sent erotic jewelry down the runway and I'm into it.

March 4, 2019

Paris Fashion Week is finally here, and it promises to be an exciting end to the biannual circuit we call fashion month. Teen Vogue editors are on the ground in the City of Lights, looking for the most noteworthy style moments of the week: fashion and beauty trends to copy, front row celebrity appearances, and runway looks that blow our minds. We'll be following cult favorite designers like Jacquemus and Saks Potts, and waiting with baited breath for the runway debut of Karl Lagerfeld's final collection for Chanel. Our editors are chronicling this season by sharing favorite moments from the shows.

Stay tuned, and see you at fashion week!

Courtesy of Kenzo
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Kenzo
Last night, creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon of Kenzo, paid tribute to the brand’s founder, Kenzo Takada with a show that was both visually stimulating and an unforgettable experience. Takada opened his first boutique in Paris in 1970, and became an instant sensation because of his graphic prints and vibrant imagination of a joyful jungle full of tigers, surreal shapes and vivid florals. So to celebrate the past and the present, Lim and Leon pulled a selection of clothing from Takada’s archive titled, La Collection Memento N°4, to reinvigorate some of the brand’s most fun and whimsical pieces.
Mixing the old with the new, printed pieces instantly identifiable with the Kenzo logo were the foundation for this collection, as well as hyper real painted tomatoes in red and yellow that first made their appearance in Kenzo’s S/S 1992 men’s collection.
It was also refreshing to see historical icons such as the tiger respected but presented in a fresh way. As a long-standing symbol of strength and power for the brand, Lim and Leon introduced new motifs with airbrushed tigers on t-shirts and running tigers on shorts.
And since Takada was also known for his love of food and entertaining, the scene was just as captivating as the clothing, with guests seated on risers as a troupe of performers dressed in bright clothing appeared and performed a lively routine orchestrated by choreographer Paul Sadot and Nqobilé Danseur. As the performers danced around showing off different clothing, the risers moved around the space as well. It was a long day of shows in Paris, but this energetic performance with beautiful clothing was so much fun, at the end, even I got up to dance.
— Lindsay Peoples Wagner, Teen Vogue Editor in Chief
Courtesy of Y/Project
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Y/Project
The first thing I noticed on the Y/Project Fall 2019 runway was the sculptural jewelry, fashioned to look like two bodies intertwined mid-coitus. It’s the boldest manifestation of this season’s theme: sensuality. As Glenn Martens playfully told Business of Fashion, "There is always a little bit of madame to what we do.”
Martens’ madame is unapologetically glamorous and well-dressed. Staying true to the signature deconstructed pieces the brand is known for, he presented open leather skirts with faux fur bursting from underneath, and intricately woven separates in a smorgasbord of colors. The body-conscious dresses, rendered in Renaissance-era floral print, were brimming with character and allure.
By the time the final runway model walked in a tudor-inspired wedding gown with sculptural hoop earrings, we were all in awe. But beyond the inventive silhouettes, it’s Martens’ humor — ahem, that erotic jewelry — that made this collection one of my favorites of the month.