Catching Up with Paris & Cathy

If you're anything like me, you probably look forward to fashion week for 5 straight months and of course Paris fashion week is really the mother of all fashion weeks. The problem for me is that by the time Paris finally rolls around I am experiencing some sort of strange fashion week fatigue. With 3 straight weeks of looking, I feel really burnt out. Fortunately, Cathy Horyn sums everything up for you so perfectly in a sentence or less, you almost don't need to go the style.com to see the photos. Here is everything is a nutshell (although I totally disagree with her about Givenchy).

Nina Ricci: “as moody as it was distinctive.”
Yves Saint Laurent: “enormously appealing.”
Chanel: “darker and more urban in mood.”
Giambattista Valli: “good clothes, but would his clients necessarily care or notice when they’re not?”
Lanvin: “solid, aggressively chic.”
Sonia Rykiel: “cute and friendly.”
Valentino: “respectful and graphic.”
Givenchy: “out of touch.”
Emanuel Ungaro: “soft rather than strident.”
Stella McCartney: “nothing knocked out of the park, but neither did you sense any trembling insecurity.”
Dries Van Noten: “prints were dense and gorgeous, a treat for the eye, but something soon felt off in his show.”
Balenciaga: “his clothes are the most interesting of his generation.”
Viktor & Rolf: “as much as they were saying no to the crassness of the world, they were adding to its noise.”
Jean Paul Gaultier: “old-fashioned.”
Comme des Garçons: “generally funny and subtle.”
Tao: “an older, knowing hand.”
Junya Watanabe: “an amazing performance.”
Alexander McQueen: “beautiful, beautiful clothes.”
Chloe: “Paulo Melim Andersson, cannot create a look that is either uniquely Chloé or interesting.”
Christian Dior: “constrained and old-clothes-y.”
John Galliano: “fickle and personal.”
Miu Miu: “a futuristic blend of jersey and scuba materials.”
Ralph Rucci: “more engrossing, more dramatic and more particular than many shows here.”
Maison Martin Margiela: “a let-down.”
Undercover: “thoughtful and relevant.”
Rick Owens: “great show.”

(via: The Moment)