FRANCE: FASHION DESIGNERS DOMINIQUE MORLOTTI, EMANUEL UNGARO AND PATRICK LAVOIX PRESENT THEIR MEN'S SPRING AND SUMMER COLLECTION FOR 1998

Record ID: 201046

  • Title: FRANCE: FASHION DESIGNERS DOMINIQUE MORLOTTI, EMANUEL UNGARO AND PATRICK LAVOIX PRESENT THEIR MEN'S SPRING AND SUMMER COLLECTION FOR 1998
  • Date: 4th July 1997
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 4, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF DOMINIQUE MORLOTTI FASHION SHOW (11 SHOTS) 1.12 2. SLV MODELS ON CATWALK WITH MORLOTTI 1.17 3. VARIOUS OF EMANUEL UNGARO FASHION SHOW (7 SHOTS) 2.10 4. LV UNGARO WITH HIS MODELS 2.19 5. SLV/SCU DESIGNER PATRICK LAVOIX POSING WITH MODELS WEARING HIS LATEST COLLECTION (3 SHOTS) 2.39 6. VARIOUS OF CLOTHES DISPLAYED IN THE SHOWROOM (2 SHOTS) 2.51 7. WS PEOPLE LOOKING AT DESIGNS 2.57 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
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  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVAEMKV3PBZCQRGXIM767B3PSNMX
  • Story Text: INTRO: European designers have been displaying their latest menswear collections in Paris.

    Lanvin designer Dominique Morlotti unveiled his men's Spring/ Summer 1998 fashion collection on Friday (July 4) at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.

    Crisp-cut suits and accessories in a range of light colours from putty to beige including metallic "citywear" were presented as part of the "Classique" line.

    Morlotti's "Studio" line included suits, shirt-jackets, safari jackets and three-quarter length coats. Colours were mainly sepia, tobacco, Havana and camel with dashes of pastel on soft materials such as cotton, chamoisette, linen and new blends of mono and bi-stretch cotton-elasthane, wool and viscose.

    The "Sports" line contained low-key silhouettes marrying comfort and style. Blousons, wind-breakers, reefer jackets, trousers, knits and shirts were shown in shades of blue, putty and white.

    For evening wear, the collection included safari jackets in washed silk, shirt-jackets and suits including tuxedos in a single colour: slate blue, which had form-fitting khaki silk shirts as accessories.

    Emanuel Ungaro unveiled his Spring/Summer 1998 menswear collection aboard a boat in Paris.

    Comfort, simplicity and elegance were key words for this collection which is aimed at young, modern men.

    Models presented fitted suits, unconstructed shirt jackets, and knitwears resembling T-shirts.

    Colours ranged from shades of blue indigo, blue ink, off white, washed pastels and chocolate.

    There were contrasting fabric blends in natural linen, row linen, linen-lycra, linen-cotton, washed cotton and a mix of checks and stripes woven and jacquard.

    Designer Patrick Lavoix for Christian Dior unveiled his Spring/Summer 1998 men's collection in a shop.

    Unusually, most of the clothes were presented on wax models.

    Blue was the dominant colour on a range of materials, including luxurious alpacas, silks, cottons and linens, to polyurethane, elasthane and other "high tech" materials.

    The new Christian Dior silhouette is lean, tall and unhindered.

    The fashion house describes it as a tribute to the timeless, sensual and carefree youthfulness of Gene Kelly as he first set eyes on Montmartre and Saint Germain des Pres.

    Shirts were in poplin and mercerized cotton voile lightening the crisp lines of the business suits.

    Some other clothes were less formal with a new line called "Y".

    With this line, the blues are a little more nebulous, oscillating from the iridescent blue of the Atlantic to the frosted blue of the North sea.


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