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The photogenic front row at Valentino’s show had Riverdale actor Charles Melton, NBA player Jaylen Brown and Stevie Wonder’s model son Kailand Morris among the seated notables, ensuring cameras stayed busy snapping in Paris.
However, the vibrant collection didn’t need VIPs to promote its message, a colour-rich ode to world culture.
Designer Virgil Abloh, meanwhile, sent spring wafting into the air on Wednesday with the offering for his Off-White brand, which attracted renewed interest after the designer last year became artistic director for Louis Vuitton menswear – the first African-American to head a major European fashion house.
Here are some highlights of the men’s spring/summer 2020 runway shows.
Valentino’s exotic utopia

Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli crossed frontiers, mixed high and low, and blurred cultural boundaries to bring back an encyclopedic show.
Valentino’s dramatic Paris offering leaves Celine Dion in tears


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A brown djellaba, a loose robe traditionally from North Africa’s Maghreb region, appeared on top of a pair of grey sartorial office pants. Camouflage print trainers capped the look in a clever, triple contradiction that is typical of the cerebral Italian designer.
It was a style the house nicely summed up as “exotic utopia”.

Valentino goes grey for autumn/winter 2019 with monochromatic show

Combat-style shirts in eye-popping hues created the display’s highest creative point. Piccioli then channelled fantastical landscapes in sporty jumpers featuring luscious prints of trees and oceans. The designer credited the prints to the work of British artist Roger Dean, who applauded from the front row.

The only drawback of the 47-look ensemble was that the contrasting colours and competing references, when worn together, sometimes came over a tad busy.
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Off-White goes romantic

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Thousands of wild white flowers planted in a grassy field dazzled Off-White’s guests inside the Carreau du Temple show venue, a 19th century former market hall styled with decorative forged-iron.


The romantic decor seemed to be the starting point for menswear styles that shifted from the usual hard, urban Off-White aesthetic in a dreamier direction.
Virgil Abloh teases new Off-White 3.0 ‘Off-Court Lows’ trainers
One cropped-sleeve jumper evoked gentleness with its thick, huggable knit and round, boxy shape; black combat pants below sported a soft touch, owing to fine speckles of white paint.

Elsewhere, a sheer white anorak in loose, lightweight material seemed to float down the torso; its long A-line shape cleverly evoking a 19th-century Parisian dandy’s evening coat.


The piece de resistance? A giant arty patchwork scarf with intricate detailing that enveloped the model and recalled the paintings of Austrian symbolist Gustav Klimt.
Does Gucci, Off-White or Balenciaga rule the fashion world?
Rihanna’s Fenty

Fenty, the new fashion house of singer-turned-designer Rihanna, is rolling out clothes online on a “see-now-buy-now” basis to coincide with fashion week.
It’s an open question whether this kind of business model will garner the same attention as a conventional catwalk show, but commentators say Rihanna’s immense personal celebrity will bridge the gap.
Rihanna launches Fenty fashion brand with Paris pop-up
The 31-year-old marked the launch of the online collection, entitled “Release 6-19,” with a pop-up at New York luxury store The Webster until the end of June.
Previews of the garments were sent by the LVMH-owned house to media and featured colour-rich, sportswear-infused dresses with ruched detailing.
Meanwhile, oversized printed T-shirts, which Fenty said were aimed at “championing the immigrant experience” of Barbados-born Rihanna, were a centrepiece of the collection. The singer found fame after she moved to the United States for her career as a teenager.
Rihanna made history this year when she became the first black woman to head up a major Parisian luxury house.
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A model presents a Virgil Abloh creation as part of his spring/summer 2020 collection for Off-White in Paris on June 19. Photo: Reuters

A model present a creation by Off-White during the men's Spring/Summer 2020 collection fashion show on June 19, 2019 in Paris. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

epa07658524 Italian designer Pier Paolo Piccioli appears on the runway after the presentatin of his collection for Valentino during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 19 June 2019. The presentation of the Spring/Summer 2020 menswear collections runs from 18 to 23 June. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

Singer and fashion entrepreneur Rihanna appears at a Fenty pop-up store at The Webster, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

(190620) -- PARIS, June 20, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A model presents creations of Valentino's Spring/Summer 2020 collections during men's fashion week in Paris, France, June 19, 2019. (Xinhua/Piero Biasion)

American designer Virgil Abloh acknowledges the audience at the end of Off-White during the men's Spring/Summer 2020 collection fashion show on June 19, 2019 in Paris. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

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(190620) -- PARIS, June 20, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A model presents a creation from Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer 2020 collection during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Piero Biasion)

A model presents a creation by Louis Vuitton during the men's spring/summer 2020 fashion collection on June 20, 2019 in Paris. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Models present creations by US fashion designer Rick Owens during the Men's Spring/Summer 2020 fashion show in Paris, on June 20, 2019. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP)

A model presents a creation by US fashion designer Rick Owens during the Men's Spring/Summer 2020 fashion show in Paris, on June 20, 2019. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP)

(190620) -- PARIS, June 20, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Models present creations from Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer 2020 collection during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Piero Biasion)

US fashion designer Virgil Abloh acknowledges the audience at the end of the presentation of Louis Vuitton's creation during the men's spring/summer 2020 fashion collection on June 20, 2019 in Paris. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

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