{"id":249046,"date":"2024-02-28T18:57:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=249046"},"modified":"2024-02-29T19:06:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T19:06:42","slug":"paris-fashion-week-aw24-saint-laurent-revives-trend-for-naked-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/paris-fashion-week-aw24-saint-laurent-revives-trend-for-naked-dressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Fashion Week AW24: Saint Laurent revives trend for \"naked\" dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello took inspiration from a current exhibition at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris for this AW24 runway show.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Sheer: The Diaphanous Creations of Yves Saint Laurent exhibition goes back to the 1960s, when the celebrated French designer experimented with see-through chiffon, lace and tulle materials.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve worked for quite some time now with diaphanous fabrics. The important thing is to maintain their mysterious nature\u2026 I think I\u2019ve done the best I could for the liberation of women. I created clothes that were perfectly in sync with the twenty-first century,\u201d Saint Laurent once said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The designer debuted a sheer chiffon blouse worn with nothing underneath in 1968, and this was given a modern spin in the AW24 collection.<\/p>\n Vaccarello\u2019s latest offering was dominated by see-through materials \u2013 from sheer skirts to lightweight, gossamer tops, and even the hosiery material models wore as hoods.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It gave a delicate, almost ethereal vibe to the collection \u2013 with pale beige and grey tones studded with the occasional jewel colour, like a deep red or bright blue.<\/p>\n Backstage, Vaccarello reportedly said the flimsy silk hosiery fabrics that permeated the collection were a nightmare for his atelier to work with. He told WWD: \u201cI wanted to do something very fragile,\u201d and added that he wanted people to know that Saint Laurent is \u201ca house of transparency\u201d.<\/p>\n While the emphasis was on materials as light as air, there was contrast in the collection \u2013 models also donned oversized fur jackets or held voluminous feathered coats.<\/p>\n And there was age diversity in the show, too, with some older models walking the runway. This comes after the brand debuted its spring 2024 campaign in January, starring Diana Ross, 79 and Lauren Hutton, 80.<\/p>\n