By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press ©Mercury News
PARIS
fashion designer, Fatima Lopes kicked off Paris 2012 fall-winter
ready-to-wear season Tuesday with blood reds, provocative leathers and
fox fur at the Hotel des Invalides war museum. The Portuguese designer
channeled human morphology with blood-red dress inserts, shredded
leather sleeves and prints of the venous system in the iconic monument
that was built for generals wounded in French imperial wars. Bucking the
current trend for padding, the Lopes woman in geometric sheaths had
narrow shoulders a look that would have accentuated the frailty of the
tiny-boned models had it not been for the provocative leathers in patent
black and nude. “Yes, I make tiny shoulders and waists. But this is not
weak. It’s feminine and sexy, therefore strong,” said the designer
backstage, wearing one of her figure-hugging creations. And sexy was the
overriding mood, with bias-cut sheaths split revealingly up the leg and
exposing the shoulders. In another sensual look with a plunging
decollete, voluminous brown fox fur sleeves contrasted with tight patent
leather lapels and a second-skin micro skirt. When the show ended, the
crowd departed sheepishly through the courtyard, with 40 huge canons
pointing straight at them. – -
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