Paris winter fashion: wearable clothes... and lots of black

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2005

PARIS (AFP) — The world's top designers glanced at the bottom line before Paris ready-to-wear week, which ended, offering a safe return to basic black with their commercially sound, elegant collections for next winter.

"Black is going to be dominant," explained Joan Kaner, senior vice president and fashion director for upmarket US department store Neiman Marcus. "I love the little black dress. It's an important statement of the season."

The so-called LBD, in fashion lingo, surfaced just about everywhere on the Paris catwalks for autumn-winter 2005-06, from the pearl-edged cocktail dresses of Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel to the Parisian chic of Sonia Rykiel.

Satin jeans at Valentino, flowing jersey gowns at Guy Laroche, Art Deco style at Louis Vuitton, Stella...