PARIS FASHION WEEK SPRING-SUMMER 2009
PARIS, October 2, 2008 /FR/ – Last night on day 5 of Paris Prêt-à-Porter, the closing runway show was Sonia Rykiel’s… and a very special occasion too, as the House had decided to celebrate with much panache its 40th anniversary.
After the runway show, inside the Parc de Saint Cloud, with a wonderful 3-D background of the Paris skyline, including the Eiffel Tower, Nathalie Rykiel announced that, as a surpirse, 30 world famous designers had been asked to give their interpretation of Sonia Rykiel’s style.
On the runway, the visions of fashion created by the red-haired Lady of Paris and reinterpreted by Martin Margiela, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Christian Lacroix, Olivier Theyskens, Alber Elbaz, Rodarte, Michael Kors, Giorgio Armani, Vivienne Westwood, Alessandra Facchinetti, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Yohji Yamamoto etc. celebrated with stripes, knitwear and red hair the unmistakably “Rive Gauche” style of Sonia.
A dinner party followed and, all generations mixed, danced the night away under the starlit sky. A night like this does remind you that ” Paris sera toujours Paris”. Bravo, Sonia, you have been crowned by many guests Queeen of this season’s Paris Fashion Week and you really deserve it !
JEAN PAUL CAUVIN
Photos courtesy of Sonia Rykiel
