PAUSING FOR THOUGHT: Givenchy said will skip its usual runway presentation of men’s ready-to-wear and women’s couture during the next round of men’s collections in Paris in June.
The French fashion house’s new artistic director Clare Waight Keller, who officially joined the brand on May 2, will show her debut collection of women’s ready-to-wear during Paris Fashion Week in October, as reported.
A complete men’s spring 2018 collection, designed by an in-house team, will be shown to buyers at Givenchy’s showroom in Paris from June 27 to July 1, company officials said. Paris men’s fashion week is scheduled to run from June 21 to June 25.
Waight Keller will show her first couture designs for the label in January 2018, the house said. Her predecessor, Riccardo Tisci, in recent years had shown his couture designs as part of his men’s runway show.
Waight Keller, whose nomination was revealed in March, has been tasked with propelling Givenchy’s roots as a Fifties couture house further into the modern age.
“She has this great ability to break the rules and innovate without making a revolution,” Givenchy chief executive officer Philippe Fortunato told WWD. “Her very focused approach will help the brand in building the ongoing momentum we have
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