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10 Of Our Favorite Runway Shows In Paris Fashion Week

The city of love has found a number of new muses!

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Reese Collins Latonio

<p>The desire to escape society for a couple moments by means of a tantalizing escape is a concept known by many, and accepted by a few. Fashion, as a means of art, has a natural ability to draw in its aficionados into a fantasy of epic proportions. Be it the simple pastime of dressing up in front of a mirror, to its highest form of ensembles on a runway. The genius of narrative and the proficiency of skill whisk us away into an artistry of wearable art—and who would ever reject the possibility of being a muse?</p><div><br/></div><p>At <strong>Paris Fashion Week</strong>, the desolate problems of the world surrounding are forgotten by the bright lights of runway shows. The home to many extravagant museums becomes its own hall for creative display as the most glamorous fashion houses showcase their best works of art for the new season. Against the backdrops of the lovely French countryside and the bustling Parisian city, PFW is the perfect intersection for all who wish to be enchanted.</p><div><br/></div><p>With many of the world’s biggest luxury brands finding their home in Paris, it’s no surprise that a star-studded recap is in session. From fashion house signatures, to unconventional surprises, PFW has everything for those who seek to enter its alluring reverie. Here’s our pick of top 10 runway shows at PFW S/S 2023 that manage to leave us in awe even after the show is through.</p><div class="article-content" itemProp="articleBody"><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/dad79e0e-9d88-4135-82ea-4967f21b2af0_b-paris-fashion-week-ss23.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/8b1a470e-835c-4d12-b446-f4f59729b400_photo credit_ daniele oberrauch via gorunway.com.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/424ac7ff-b3c4-4bff-b80c-f569eb98eb19_photo credit_ photo by acielle via style du monde.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/e1795578-7307-436c-9126-17a7b6c30d70_screen shot 2022-10-05 at 7.21.15 pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/892ceb33-33d8-4121-a552-ba8d4302ef78_photo credit_ photo by acielle via style du monde.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/14ea5149-22f3-4c89-835e-2e1275c815c4_photo credit_ filippo fior via gorunway.com.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/0772e249-a069-4ea9-b687-f3308408a5f8_photo credit_ photo by acielle via style du monde.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/cdf1aca0-4bc2-4ca8-9694-58be84ff5dd7_screen shot 2022-10-05 at 7.22.51 pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/5d0b14ed-3b9e-4c67-ac58-8424e129d31b_photo credit_ photo by acielle via style du monde.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/c912a988-f7ca-4ac1-9158-547a01c10cca_screen shot 2022-10-05 at 7.15.32 pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/ddbc65dd-0ccc-4808-8991-95bd2e54bc4f_photo credit_ photo by acielle via style du monde.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/4e478f6b-64af-4e7d-9620-3ca34e828d6a_screen shot 2022-10-05 at 7.27.54 pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/5c162231-ccdc-449c-898b-d615204815a4_screen shot 2022-10-05 at 7.28.01 pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/37fdad3f-f16a-40e3-9141-3ca04052a69b_photo credit_ daniele oberrauch via gorunway.com.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/4ad834a4-dbe9-46d7-9ccb-afe5dece21e3_photo credit_ photo by acielle via style du monde.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/e2ec5037-5214-4cf2-990a-2f84fb751641_photo credit_ salvatore dragone via gorunway.com.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/c365b49e-24d7-4013-8dc5-1511eb36d3d6_photo credit_ photo by acielle via style du monde.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/208a95f9-7126-4320-8549-43177e04a051_screen shot 2022-10-05 at 7.19.16 pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/3dc789cb-50f4-4c93-b2e1-5941d89a282c_screen shot 2022-10-05 at 7.19.24 pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/31da64df-82db-4609-9e11-3eb355607fe6_screen shot 2022-10-05 at 7.30.14 pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/737d7c6b-7585-4515-a01a-4b21a7dea770_photo credit_ courtesy of yves saint laurent.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div></div></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Balmain - Balmain is here to make a statement on environmentalism amidst a gorgeous collection. When faced with the longstanding proposition that fashion is as unsustainable as it is terribly transitory, Olivier Rousteing introduces a shift to the eventual trickle down in the industry’s behemoth of a supply chain.<cite>Photo by Daniele Oberrauch via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - In a stunning array of couture, menswear and ready-to-wear looks made out of paper, banana and even wicker, Balmain’s attempt at broadcasting a down-to-earth message during a show-in-the-clouds is as tasteful as it is artistic.<cite>Daniele Oberrauch via Gorunway.com Photo Credit: Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Chanel - Virginie Viard’s Chanel showcase is an expert retrospective on who Chanel was and a glimpse into the future that the fashion house may promise itself to become. With a variety of body types walking down the runway, Viard highlights female beauty and the brand’s desire to uplift and embrace it.<cite>Photo by Isidore Montag via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - In stunning archetypal black ensembles, and the occasional hints of color, paired with crystal-studded accessories, the Chanel woman of today is any woman willing to exude opulence, confidence in glamour. Be it in a suit, a coat dress, a cardigan or shorts. <cite>Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Dior - Maria Grazia Chiuri is no stranger to the integration of a deep-cut narrative into a stunning collection of reimagined beauty. At Dior, the Italian creative director highlights the dialogue that fashion and power have engaged in since the early days of the former’s rise to vanity. Italian noblewoman turned French queen Catherine de Medic is the collection’s central muse.<cite>Photo by Filippo Fior via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - Perfect for royalty, the collection’s neutral nuances and intricacies don’t stray away from the timeless New Look that Monsieur Dior himself would have been proud of. The culmination of past and present to commemorate the future with technological innovation is breathtaking.<cite>Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Hermès - Not just the concept of an escape became the inspiration for Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski, rather the concrete phenomenon of people going out to explore the world especially after years of lockdowns and staring at the same four walls. The Hermès SS23 show is a scene for camping, or rather glamping.<cite>Photo by Isidore Montag via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - The utilitarian design of the collection offers its escape through desert colors that are a sharp contrast to the urban existence we choose to engage with. The long-distance travel calls for heavy duty gear that Hermès is more than willing to put an opulent spin on. Enter leather jackets, strappy garments and the all-rounder jumpsuits.<cite>Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Loewe - JW Anderson is a master of pushing fashion’s frontier further by asking relevant questions to society while expertly pairing these introspections with subversive creativity. See, Loewe’s SS23 runway, where Anderson begs the question of fashion and its function on the woman: is bigger, better? Or a manufactured hindrance to growth?<cite>Photo by Daniele Oberrauch via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - A break in the illusion of feminine-defined patterns, Anderson knows what he’s doing despite the campiness of fiberglass flowers and pixelated tops down the runway. Loewe’s display is eclectic as it is self-aware, and we can’t wait to see what boundaries the brand pushes next, or how Anderson will continue to up the ante.<cite>Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Louis Vuitton - In a surrealist attempt at scaling up the mundane to appear larger than life, Louis Vuitton sends an even bigger message than just taking up space. Nicolas Ghesquière recalls about his disruption of feminine expectations, “The idea was to look at something pretty, something sweet, and to see in those elements what strength they have.”<cite>Photo from Isidore Montag via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - In partnership with French artist Philippe Parreno—who created the show’s art installation of a set—the hyperbolic necklines, three-dimensional textures and crystal-studded pieces were also a way for the two longtime friends to break some personal boundaries and go back to their childish beginnings.<cite>Courtesy of Louis Vuitton</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Off-White - In an homage to the fashion movement that is Off-White that Virgil Abloh had started, newly appointed Image and Art Director Ibrahim Kamara chooses to continue Abloh’s initial prospect of expanding on the human body, “Virgil was always thinking ahead. He was almost in another universe.”<cite>Photo by Daniele Oberrauch via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - The quintessential “work-in-progress” detail that Off-White does so effortlessly is manifested through expert tailoring and slashing of constructed elements. With holes used to expose the navel and stitching used as a contour map of muscles and organs beneath the suiting, the message is clear: clothes are but an imprint of the body beneath.<cite>Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Rick Owens - One thing Rick Owens wishes to peddle with his SS23 show is to maneuver away from the traditional idea of travel through the monotony of an airport. With lockdown bans lifted and the desire to jet-set across the world bunching at everyone’s feet, the air of privilege and aspiration it draws makes Owens look askance at such a plain proposal.<cite>Photo by Salvatore Dragone via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - Instead, he provides his personal take of escape and seeing the world, through his “Edfu” collection for SS23 inspired by Egypt. The eponymous label has been known for expert drapery, zip front bombers and exaggerated sleeves, but who could deny such details when done so expertly? This neutral refresher on the abstract idea of jet-setting is one we’re willing to empathize with, but only if Rick Owens is the captain.<cite>Photo by Acielle via Style Du Monde</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Valentino - If you were nowhere to be seen on the internet for the past year, Valentino gave the world a splash of color introducing the crazed Hot Pink trend. But if there’s anything this collection wishes to say it’s that we’re going back to the basics. Amidst a world saturated with color, the deep and dark hues of Valentino’s SS23 runway are a breath of fresh air.<cite>Courtesy of Valentino</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - Pierpaolo Piccioli sure knows how to make a statement, and a very visual one at that. The iconic V logo of the fashion house was stamped everywhere you could find, but with such stunning pieces only a fool would be ashamed to affix their signature. Who else is ready to embrace the fashion house’s notion of minimalism this upcoming season? We know we are!<cite>Courtesy of Valentino</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Saint Laurent - If there’s one thing that Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello has established at Saint Laurent, it’s the brand’s physicality and celebration of confidence, strength and glory. The muted colors of the brand are welcomed with the rich suave leanness emphasizing the attitude that comes with dressing to the nines.<cite>Photo by  Filippo Fior via Gorunway.com</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p> - The columnar appeal of Saint Laurent feels anything but constricting as its expert tailoring speaks volumes of its sophistication. Vaccarello empowers the modern wearer of Saint Laurent with polished looks from head-to-toe that are potently powerful and debonair.<cite>Courtesy of Yves Saint Laur</cite></p></div></div></div></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/fashion/runway/louis-vuitton-ss23-runway-celeb-attendees/33926" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">All The Celebrities Who Attended The Louis Vuitton S/S &#x27;23 Show</a></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/fashion/runway/milan-fashion-week-ss23-runway-shows/33838" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here Are The Best Runway Shows You Might Have Missed At Milan Fashion Week!</a></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/fashion/runway/nyfw-spring-2023-shows/33753" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here Are The Show-stopping Runways Of NYFW Spring 2023</a></div>