At Andreas Kronthaler × Vivienne Westwood, the models parade with rollers on their ears and “animal toe shoe” pumps (a reinterpretation of the best-selling shoe revealing the shape of the toes) on their feet. “Mozart would have loved it,” assures Lady Westwood in her note to the guests, before quoting a line from William Blake. This inspiration is not the only one that deserves to be noted. The creator and activist of the environmental cause, long before it was in vogue, cut, in this show entitled “Rock me Amadeus”, puffy petticoats on the hips, raised shoulders and large headdresses, in scraps of fabric large Italian factories. The dresses and shirts celebrate the bogolan, this naturally dyed Malian artisanal fabric. “We are sitting on a volcano, time is limited. Reduce, reuse, rethink”, alerted the creators by coming to greet.
Marie-Gabrielle Graffin