Mispelaere: Geometric Chic
By Mari Davis
(Photos by Javier Mateo)
PARIS, Oct 7, 2003/ FW/ --- Yvan Mispelaere continues to shine in Paris with the display of his formidable talent during the first day of fashion week.
His Spring / Summer 2004 collection showed and proved that geometry is not just for mathematicians. Geometry can be fun and more important, it can be stylish and chic.
The runway was a giveaway on what the inspiration for the collection was. It was literally littered with geometric figures from cubes to rectangular boxes.
Each model traversed the geometric maze as they walk the runway. For the fashion denizens, this innovative catwalk is like a breath of fresh air.
Everyone is used to seeing a straight and clean catwalk. The geometric obstacle course made the show more interesting. Though it had its drawbacks. It was harder for the photographers to take that perfect shot.
But other than that, the show went without mishaps. No broken heels this time!
Last season, Mispelaere’s show was marred with broken shoe heels, which almost took away from the collection.
Thank goodness that this time around there were no mishaps.
What the audience saw and remembered is the former Louis Feraud designer’s delectable collection.
Using a soft color palette of beiges and whites, with splashes of black and old rose added for drama, Mispelaere sent dress suits, tea dresses, low rise Capri pants and pedal pushers on the runway.
There were no adornments except for the geometric figures, which were part of the dresses and suits.
Squares and plus signs were used as polka dots, circles became keyholes and arches became scallops.
Geometry also played a big part on the shape of the clothes. But instead of looking boxy, Mispelaere’s sure hand made sure that the model’s curves were highlighted, giving it a very feminine look.
To say that this collection is avant-garde will be an understatement, even a misnomer. It is geometry in motion and mathematics as part of fashion.
Whoever said that geometry and math are boring should talk to Yvan Mispelaere because the designer has totally disproved that concept today.
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