Paris Fashion Week’s biggest star wasn’t on the front row, but on the catwalk itself. Cher, a pop legend and the new face (and elbow) of Balmain’s new handbag, wrapped up the show’s finale in silver spandex his bodysuit, black platform his boots, and Conte-cut-ready shoes. I wore cheekbones and walked.

The show was held at the Stade Jean-Bouin stadium in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, chosen for capacity rather than location. The audience consisted of some 8,000 people, members of the so-called Balmain his army of creative his director Olivier his Rousteing, who donated to Red and bought tickets. The event was called a festival rather than a show for good reason. They even provided snacks.

Democracy and food are not the norm at Paris Fashion Week. Closed doors, champagne and front-row Scrabble equal the course, but Rousteing’s commercial success (he’s entering his 20th year with the label) is largely what people want. is based on providing And this season there are over 100 different styles, including dresses woven from straw and raffia, bustiers made from sustainably harvested chestnut bark, blazers embellished with Renaissance images and, of course, Cher. Luke appeared.

Rousteing’s dizzying transition from ready-to-wear to couture addressed the fear of a ‘dystopian future’ caused by the recent spate of droughts and wildfires in France. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to ask a fundamental question about the possibilities.Balmain isn’t a brand known for nuances, and the final look was a flame-encrusted silk dress.But, The emotion was there.

Gabriela Hearst, creative director of French brand Chloé, is one designer who knows how to tackle climate change through clothing.

Following last season’s “chapter” on rewilding, a relatively bland show featuring melting icebergs in totes and beautiful knits, Hurst’s attention shifted to eliminating fossil fuels and fusion energy. The collection is particularly inspired by both the function and form of the tokamak, a complex machine designed to harness the energy of nuclear fusion.

On the catwalk itself, clothes with sweeping coats and capes made of raw silk and linen were easier to wear than high-tech and finished with snappy metal clasps. Her jacket was bulky and her crocheted dress was scooping up the floor. Proof that the Year 2000 trend isn’t going anywhere?The rave pants, as Hirst called them in her notes, were finished with eyelets.Like the rest of Paris, the biker from her jacket to the baby There were a lot of leather goods, from dolls to her dresses and vests. Everything came in white, black, or red, except for the bright fuchsia suit, which was inspired by the colors produced by plasma fusion. and all other materials were 100% traceable.

Displaying the collection in the Vendôme Pavilion, a 19th-century event center (and former home of the poet Baudelaire), the staging itself was all too dystopian. The Tron-esque lighting installation was impressive, but the clothes were only half visible on the catwalk, and the audience was at times in the dark. Perhaps this was the point because it plays up.