On the evening of Sunday, June 23, brought together 188 athletes, 151 models, 70 dancers, and a 40-piece orchestra for a performance that began in the Ritz and ended with 20 international breakdancers taking over Place Vendôme. The theme of the night? The evolution of style over the last century, with each decade of fashion paired with a different sport: the Roaring Twenties with cycling (in the Jazz Age, bicycles were seen as a symbol of the speed, freedom, and mobility that defined the period); the elegant midcentury gowns of the ’50s with all things equine; the leotard- and lycra-obsessed ’70s with gymnastics; the ’90s, a.k.
a. the WAG era, with soccer..
. As Carine Roitfeld, who styled the event with Ib Kamara, put it, “It’s something that’s never been seen before,” with Vogue World marking the first time a fashion show has ever been staged at Place Vendôme. Watch the in full, and read on for a recap of the highlights from the 40-minute show.
Les petites mains traded their ateliers for the front row Paris is, of course, the birthplace of couture, with Charles Frederick Worth opening the first atelier a stone’s throw from the Place Vendôme, on Rue de la Paix, in 1858. It only seemed fitting, then, for Vogue World to begin with a tribute to all of the responsible for making creative directors’ visions a reality each and every Couture Week, with dozens of artisans wending their way through the square in their traditional white coats before taking front-.