Paris Fashion Week: Schiaparelli ready to be worn, Rick Owens swaps black for stone

On day four of Paris Fashion Week, Schiaparelli shone in the Louvre’s Cour Carrée courtyard, and Rick Owens swapped black for stone.

Schiaparelli goes for ready-to-wear

Texan designer Daniel Roseberry, who has created an improbable hybrid between his native Texas and the uber-chic Paris of designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), has recognised that, for his second season at the Parisian label, he has been feeling his way into ready-to-wear.

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“Our couture identity was relatively easy to define, but I admit it was harder to determine who and what Schiaparelli stands for in a highly saturated ready-to-wear market,” he wrote in his introductory note.

In the heart of the Louvre’s Cour Carrée courtyard, Roseberry’s sculptural necklines, gold jewellery and signature ‘Schiap Noir’ fabrics draped with ivory gave consistency to a collection designed with a mix and match spirit, combining items to create looks that are immediately recognisable.

Rick Owens lightens up

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Rick Owens, a master of Goth style elevated to way of living, thinking and dressing, jettisoned his habitual jet-black leather and latex and turned to mineral hues, producing a collection that, according to him, was inspired by stone.

His posse of models donned ample, airy trousers, tunics and micro jackets, as well as a series of highly wearable dresses in pastel hues, in a spectacular show staged amidst the fountains outside the Paris Museum of Modern Art.