FRANCE: Murder and fashion mix in Paris with Eric Tibusch and Nicolas Le Cauchois collections

Record ID: 777499

  • Title: FRANCE: Murder and fashion mix in Paris with Eric Tibusch and Nicolas Le Cauchois collections
  • Date: 4th July 2007
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF MODELS HAVING MAKE-UP APPLIED (SOUNDBITE) (French) NICOLAS LE CAUCHOIS, DESIGNER, SAYING: "We invite you to a sort of 1970s discotheque that's a bit tacky. All in order to accentuate an extremely strong and spicy character, a woman that isn't beautiful but worse."
  • Embargoed: 19th July 2007 13:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Fashion
  • Reuters ID: LVA2C4I7G3H7YUV8OX73DR780K3D
  • Story Text: With a mechanical factory backdrop, Eric Tibusch's show at Paris' Lido on Thursday (July 5) was hardly your typical haute couture offering.
    Thirty vampily made-up, white-haired models showcased a series of designs based on the theme of murder, and from the eery, double-faced 'Dr Jekyll and Miss Hyde' to the fuschia lurex 'Finallly Free' each piece played a role in the crime and investigation.
    Glamorous velvets and silks in a palette of black and blood red were accented with sumptuous furs and feathers, and models brandished pistols, syringes and swords as they showed off sheer lacey tunics and swished one-shouldered capes.
    Several pieces showed a very masculine influence, with cropped tuxedo-style suits and hints at ties and cravats, whilst spiky stilettos and knee-high leather boots lent a faint air of the dominatrix to the whole proceedings.
    Jean-Paul Gaultier protégé Tibusch said his aim was to play with high fashion and depict the emancipation of women in the modern world.
    "Still the mixture of masculine and feminine, except that this collection is much more tightly-packed. Lots of slim cuts, then there are pieces with the cut called 'mise en examen' a more fun name, and in fact, with the clothes, I've tried to be constant, and to stay not exactly classic, but more simplified," he explained.
    The game continued right up to the last moments of the show, as the traditional show-ending wedding dress was replaced with the black lace mantilla of a grieving widow, who was joined by the designer on stage to take a final bow.
    In a similar vein couturier Nicolas le Cauchois evoked the devil for inspiration in a collection that showcased vampish femme fatales dressed exclusively in red and black.
    By marrying the art of couture with a tongue-in-cheek take on the devil, Le Cauchois produced a series of seductive dresses with a trashy edge. Set in a Parisian discotheque, the models revelled in their role as temptresses, coquettishly teasing the audience.
    The dresses in satin or lace were worn close to the body, some were slashed or featured transparent panels.
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