The fall shows in Paris will see another round of designer debuts, as the merry-go-round of creative directors continues to whirl.
Among those showing their first collections for new labels are Clare Waight Keller at Givenchy, Natacha Ramsay-Levi at Chloé and Olivier Lapidus at Lanvin.
Waight Keller, who joins Givenchy after six years at the helm of Chloé, gave a taste of the future direction of the brand in July by releasing a teaser campaign shot by Steven Meisel. It featured black-and-white images of sultry models — female and male — lounging with cats.
The brand said the show, scheduled for Oct. 1, would switch to a coed format. “To me, Givenchy is a world where women and men alike are strong, stoic and mysterious. They own their power, and share it equally,” Waight Keller said.
Just as hotly anticipated is Ramsay-Levi’s debut at Chloé. A longtime associate of Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton, the designer has never previously held the top job.
When her appointment was announced in March, Geoffroy de la Bourdonnaye, chief executive officer of Chloé, said Ramsay-Levi was chosen for her personality and solid background.
“She’s bold, she’s unafraid to be herself, she has excellent creative vision, she knows what
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