YOUNG BLOOD: On the ground floor of the Palais de Tokyo, this season’s Designers Apartment showroom gets the added advantage of passing traffic from the several runway shows held at the venue each day, making it easier for buyers to pop in and view the collections of the 13 young labels.
Newcomers this session at the accelerator created by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and supported by industry body DEFI — representing a varied range of different styles — are Alphonse Maitrepierre, the Gamut Collective, Egon Lab and Mossi.
La Cambre graduate Maitrepierre, who cut his teeth at Jean Paul Gaultier and Acne, was presenting his Fifties couture-influenced debut commercial collection, which had a modern feel because of innovative digitally printed sequin fabrics and creative boudoir-inspired bias-cut silk designs. Prices for the collection, which he showed on the runway but off the official calendar on Sept. 23, range from around 700 to 2,200 euros for an outfit at retail.
Mossi Traoré, the founder of Mossi, spent his youth in the Paris suburbs and took a more unusual route into fashion. He discovered his love of design when he was young, shoplifting from the city’s department stores, and subsequently
Newcomers this session at the accelerator created by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and supported by industry body DEFI — representing a varied range of different styles — are Alphonse Maitrepierre, the Gamut Collective, Egon Lab and Mossi.
La Cambre graduate Maitrepierre, who cut his teeth at Jean Paul Gaultier and Acne, was presenting his Fifties couture-influenced debut commercial collection, which had a modern feel because of innovative digitally printed sequin fabrics and creative boudoir-inspired bias-cut silk designs. Prices for the collection, which he showed on the runway but off the official calendar on Sept. 23, range from around 700 to 2,200 euros for an outfit at retail.
Mossi Traoré, the founder of Mossi, spent his youth in the Paris suburbs and took a more unusual route into fashion. He discovered his love of design when he was young, shoplifting from the city’s department stores, and subsequently