Paris Fashion Week: Akris AW10

Chanel Iman: only you can make a gilet of horse hair so sexy that we all scream yay! instead of neighhh!! 

Love the fuzzy hood, but the buttons look a tad cheezy no?

"Double-face is Akris heritage," quizzically wrote designer Albert Kriemler in the opening
line of the Akris AW10 show notes.

While I'm not exactly sure how that tagline applied to a collection where, wrought with tone on tone, color blocked autumnal hued separates, and texture juxtaposed against texture, uniformity and unity of aesthetic and of brand identity seemed to be the underlying message, one thing did seem clear: Akris fans will be getting what they want this season.

The collection exuded a grown up sophistication, immaculate tailoring which pushed the envelope of suited workwear (which referenced 70's tailoring), via its execution in soft cashmere plaids or tweeds and the occasional soft feminine touch, into the realm of true luxury, clothes that "work with and for a woman," as Kriemler so eloquently put it, in an array of winter forest colors, camel, cassis, plum, elder and so on....more sil vous plait

Not the most flattering of knits....

Classic tailoring with a bit of 70s influence, effortlessly chic...mmm cashmere tweed

Note: "broken shard glass" detailing at neckline

The only way to walk a runway: eyes closed

Love the crystal detail about the sleeves

Steady as she goes: a model en route to fashion roadkill-ness