(23 Jan 2011) SHOTLIST
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Paris, France, 22 January 2011
1. Exterior, Monnaie de Paris
2. Sign on exterior with house name, 3.1 Phillip Lim
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Designer Phillip Lim:
\”Being here, it\’s given new term to the City of Lights, you know what I mean? It\’s really given me, it\’s switched on this light of what menswear can be, the possibilities and just the elegance and just having fun with it. I knew it always existed, in a way, so coming out here, it\’s really invigorated my desire to really make men\’s clothes special. Make men have fun with their clothes. and just having fun myself, it\’s clothes for myself. I make clothes – the collection\’s always inspired by things I want to wear, but this season in particular (?) weavers. And it\’s about weaving sartorial elegance, youth, it\’s about weaving artisanal craft, we were researching weaving techniques on the continent of North Africa, and also just infusing it with technology, where we\’re always living life on the go and you can\’t be too fussy and everything has to be transformative, and making hybrid clothes, in a way, and kind of pushing classicism forward.\”
4. Presentation of clothes
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Designer Phillip Lim: \”The coat is this season, the military shirt jacket is vintage, the T-shirt\’s three seasons ago, the suede embroidered sweatpants, track pants are last spring-summer, and I\’m wearing classic Wallabees. It\’s fun, having fun, you know? On a rainy day you need beaded pants, track pants – made of suede. Clearly, right?\”
STORYLINE
PHILLIPE LIM ON TREND WITH LAYERING.
For someone showing in Paris for the first time, Lim was oddly on-trend with the layering that has taken catwalks here by storm.
The New York-based designer, a critical darling, layered chunky ribbed vests over long sleeved sweaters and piled jackets on top of coats – a key look at designers from Louis Vuitton to Givenchy.
Lim described his decision to show in Paris – with a presentation with models standing immobile on industrial metal platforms – as a whim.
\”Being here, it\’s given new term to the City of Lights, you know what I mean? It\’s really given me, it\’s switched on this light of what menswear can be, the possibilities and just the elegance and just having fun with it. I knew it always existed, in a way, so coming out here, it\’s really invigorated my desire to really make men\’s clothes special.\” he said
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