Thursday, February 17, 2011
Fur is back in fashion, , but the designer Gilles Mendel, the latest in a dynasty of French fur never went away - and now he's more in demand than ever.
For Fall-Winter 2011 show in New York Fashion Week Mendel was a star, go to the person at a time when the fur back in fashion, which contribute to a surprisingly cold winter .
This is a French-born king of the dynasty fur has five generations of famous elegance and the multiplicity of its proposal in silk and all sorts of furs.
At least half his models came out wearing a luxurious fur or leather. List of fur covered all possible textures and shadows, unapologetically embracing the most luxurious, if controversial, material.
Beige coat with a mink came deer squares on the back, a leather coat was adorned with silver diamond fox and mink, and even adopted the dress theme, with black diamond calfskin more transparent tulle. Not surprisingly, the bags were thoroughly searched, as the public entered - Safety Fashion Week team does not want PETA and other animal rights activists to spoil the party.
In-Out Mendel, the models also wore shoes, resplendent in full growth, deer cuissardes a satin or velvet skirts. Mendel said he turns his fur, perhaps, the most ancient material for warm clothing, in an easy-to-wear item. "It's not as difficult as in the past. I beat him, I mount it on silk, I mix skins, "he told AFP.
"Today I have a fashion house," he revealed, but the materials are something that he literally grew up playing as a child in special refrigerated room, where his father and grandfather had their fur.
"I took a NAP in piles sable," he recalls.
He lived in the United States for 30 years and New York Fashion Week veteran, but still nervous.
"All the excitement overwhelming, but it's really fun, I do not know. I'm still waiting for results - the reaction of the crowd - what will they think of the collection, "Mendel said before the show.
"His fur beautiful and unusual and not fur you see everyday walking," said Fern Mallis, the founder of New York Fashion Week.
If the bottle sounds like things that make a fashion exclusive and expensive business for most people, the increasing use of YouTube broadcast of the show helps to push the other way.
One Show fans have not seen, although it was king of the dynasty fur Gilles Mendel, , which does not take part in special programs.