New York has long been called “the city that never sleeps” but these days, that seems to be Paris. From to and , the shows never stop! (As Lady Gaga once said: “Blood, sweat, and leather every night. No sleep! Bus, club, another club, another club, plane, next place, no sleep, no fear.
”) To talk about all this fashion madness, Chloe and Chioma were joined on today’s episode by Vogue Runway’s Nicole Phelps. This was Chloe’s first time at couture—or, as she put it, “Yesterday, the Schiaparelli show took my couture virginity!” in the basement of the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, an unusually dark location for a show, but a nod to a dream of Daniel Roseberry’s: to find a lost couture collection below Elsa Schiaparelli’s country house. Notably, the models made intense eye contact with guests, which Chloe found intimate and Chioma found unsettling (maybe it’s just the Briton in her).
Chioma and Nicole also made it to , at the Musée Rodin, which they both loved. Its marriage of Grecian dresses and modern sportswear served as a fitting nod to the upcoming Olympic games. , which they all attended this morning, was a sophisticated affair at the Palais Garnier—an utter “bow-ment,” as pun queen Chloe exclaimed.
The magic of fashion week was palpable in the opera house, where the clothes were at once elegant, feminine, and wearable, the models sun-kissed and glowing. With the recent announcement of the , the fashion world is still aflutter with speculati.
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