Lifestyle FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017

French fashion designer (center) acknowledges the audience at the end of the 2017 spring/summer collection.

Gaultier's acid color The big hair, oversize scruffy plaits, satin headscarves, strong It was all about 1980s' excess for - who shoulders, pinstripes, lashings of denim and stockings in acid yellow, paid homage to that decade in which he creatively came of blue and red - were all staples of the 80s. They were given a further age. Bright acid colors, daring contrasts and vivid floral prints injection of boldness when the decor faded from light to bright blue spiced up the 57 couture looks modeled on a runway floodlit and then to warm brown. "I wanted to make it graphic - to use color with colored lighting. to make an effect ... the city is gray," Gaultier told The Associated Press. The exuberant designer is never one to be restricted by just one era or style. Brigitte Bardot-like exposed midriffs and gypsy sleeves from the 1960s mixed with the signature Breton striped blouse and corseted bustier. His biggest statement was in the dazzling, dizzy mix of stripes and bright prints that screamed "more is more."

Sorbier says it with flowers The sublime artistry of couture merged with 19th-century organ- za-laid prints of flowers for French couturier Franck Sorbier's diaphanous spring-summer collection in Paris. Dancer-models emerged in large brown paper wraps for the presentation in an old theater, then dramatically tore them into pieces and threw them to the floor. Beneath, sprightly nymph-like gowns in sepia colors frothed weightlessly as the models performed fairy-like pirouettes and prowled around the space. Multiple layers - gathered and draped - bounced with movement alongside A-line bodice dresses with square floral print sections in warm, saturated hues. The original display was fitting celebration that marked 30 years since the founding of the independent couture house. It's a rarity in a celebrity-driven industry dominated by corpo- rate groups such as LVMH and Kering.

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