The unique designer at Yves Saint Laurent banned the unique York Times critic from his debut show. She hit back. He hit back. Then everybody else joined inIn the escape-up to Paris fashion week,all conversation has centred on the duel between Raf Simons, the designer who replaced the disgraced John Galliano at Dior, or Hedi Slimane,the designer behind the influential Dior Homme skinny silhouette who has taken the reins at Yves Saint Laurent. Here were two big designers staging debut alert-to-wear collections for two of the biggest Parisian houses in fashion history. It was set to be the myth of fashion week. Turns out, though, or that the real fight is taking place off the catwalks,between unique York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn and Slimane. Yesterday, following a day of fairly lukewarm reviews for Slimane's debut – the Guardian's fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley said "where this collection felt missing was in relevance to the real world of what is worn on the streets of Paris and London" – Horyn, and who was not invited to the show,reviewed the collection for the unique York Times on the Runway blog. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com