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VALENTIN YUDASHKIN AUTUMN/WINTER 2015-16 READY-TO-WEAR PARIS FASHION WEEK Given the volatility of the ruble, you'd assume Russian designer Valentin Yudashkin might feel compelled to play things safe. And if you were to evaluate this latest offering solely on the first eight looks, you'd be correct. While the vaguely '70s progression from a red velvet suit to ...

VALENTINO AUTUMN/WINTER 2015-16 READY-TO-WEAR PARIS FASHION WEEK A fashion face-off of epic proportions occurred in Paris today. Derek Zoolander and Hansel, aka Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, made cameos at the tail end of the Valentino show, each doing his best "Blue Steel." Judging by the audience's reaction, Zoolander 2, which is currently filming in Valentino's ...

IRIS VAN HERPEN AUTUMN/WINTER 2015-16 READY-TO-WEAR PARIS FASHION WEEK Terraforming was the overarching concept in Iris van Herpen's collection today. Terra what? For those who have not seen Total Recall (the Paul Verhoeven original; you know, you really should—it explains much about terraforming on Mars), the term means modifying the biosphere of another planet to resemble ...

PAUL & JOE AUTUMN/WINTER 2015-16 READY-TO-WEAR PARIS FASHION WEEK Chances are, you already have clothes in your wardrobe that resemble what appeared on the Paul & Joe runway today: some combination of Peter Pan-collar shirt, striped sweater, boyfriend jeans, velvet pants, LBD. Familiar as they might have been, those pieces didn't create a sense of déjà ...

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN AUTUMN/WINTER 2015-16 READY-TO-WEAR PARIS FASHION WEEK In the same week that the Alexander McQueen exhibition opens at the V&A in London—a run that is already completely sold out—Sarah Burton did exactly what she had to do when she showed her latest collection for the label. She brought the romance back. Burton was in a postshow ...

JACQUEMUS AUTUMN/WINTER 2015-16 READY-TO-WEAR PARIS FASHION WEEK Simon Porte Jacquemus is on the LVMH Prize short list this year. He's made it to the semifinal round after landing a spot on the finalist list last year. With the judging scheduled for tomorrow and Thursday, the deconstructed, surrealist, shoeless, NSFW collection he showed tonight was either a ...