1980s glam makes a Paris comeback as Chanel stays classy
By Fiachra Gibbons In Paris Agence France Presse | China Daily | Updated: 2016-03-26 07:56
It was back to the future on the Paris catwalks as Chanel cleverly tweaked its back catalogue only for Saint Laurent to revive a look that some thought best forgotten.
In what could be his last show for the label, designer Hedi Slimane - the man credited with the skinny black jeans look and making grunge glam - was judged to have given the brand "the finger" by parodying its founder Yves Saint Laurent's least glorious period.
The hugely-influential Women's Wear Daily was scathing about his collection which went hell for shiny snakeskin leather for late 1980s vamp, claiming it was drawing on a time when "Yves Saint Laurent was well past his creative prime".
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