Paris Fashion Week: K-pop BLACKPINK’s Lisa turns muse at Celine show as Solange bids adieu to Kenzo duo
- BLACKPINK girl group member sits front row at Hedi Slimane’s ‘retro’ presentation while Beyoncé’s sister sings as Carol Lim and Humberto Leon present last collections
The curtain came down on Paris Fashion Week on Sunday with two high-concept shows that had walk-on roles for American singer-songwriter Solange and K-pop star Lisa of girl group BLACKPINK.
Kenzo’s design duo, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, said adieu to the French label with Solange – the younger sister of superstar performer, Beyoncé – as the surprise performer in the same Paris stadium where English veteran singer Elton John had performed to a sell-out crowd a few nights before.
Lim and Leon ended their eight-year reign with a bang as the American star appeared on a platform to sing I’m a Witness in between the men’s and womenswear lines.
The brilliantly choreographed event had started with a similar wow moment when a huge curtain was pulled away in front of 600 or so fashionistas to reveal several thousand more people on the other side.
Having conducted her 11-piece black-clad brass band, Solange then walked arm-in-arm with the designers to acknowledge the ovation at the end, with the feminist English rapper, M.I.A, seated in the front row.
Real-life Japanese mermaids
Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing got the weekend rocking late on Friday night by making the hot French DJ Kiddy Smile the centre of his show-cum-concert.