“I was thinking of 1968, but not rock throwing and police baton charges, but Brigitte Bardot in St. Germain looking insolent and amazing,” Klein explained to FWD post show.

This designer’s vision of women is a quintessentially Parisian one, where women want style with panache yet practicality, as his opening selection of coats underlined. Cut with credible volume and worn with patent leather or mat leggings, all these A line coats made for a clear fashion statement about contemporary style.

Klein, whose collection is named Cher Michel Klein, also sent out some remarkably well-cut black knit dresses, composed of contrasting weaves that were the epitome of understated elegance.

But his best moment was a quintet of magnificent cable wool sweaters and tops in strands thicker than the average finger. Shown in a subtle sand hue, they were the most comfortable body armor imaginable, with coils at the cuffs and protective shoulders.

No Klein show is complete without a little razzle dazzle and Michel captured that with four eye blinking cocktails showered with reflective beads and studs that said Shanghai sin and naughty winter cruise in each look.

Presented in the recently renovated Grand Hotel, the show was a great example of French professionalism, ideally lit by the theatrical spots of Thierry Dreyfus, and charmingly scored with an all female soundtrack by DJ Michel Gaubert, that featured the cult YouTube cut “I’ll Kill Her” by French singer Soko.

Like Soko’s charming paean to lost love and brilliant statement of spurned woman’s obsession with revenge, this collection had flair and flamboyance in equal measure.

** Photos to come

Article Courtesy of Fashion Wire Daily

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