I’d hate to have to follow Gareth Pugh at Paris fashion week. Sure, there are houses like Chanel and Givenchy who always produce beautiful collections, but what Pugh does is spine tingling. And now, the new designer is the toast of the city of lights, an unparalleled fashion genius.
Departing from his usual hard-edge structuralism, Pugh proved to be a design chameleon presenting a collection that was still dark, but soft and romantic. More distinctly wearable than ever before, Pugh’s collection, surpassing than anything he has done before (despite how innovative and gasp-inspiring it may have been), has defined him as one of fashion’s rising heavy weights. This is a young man who has the vision and the adaptability to lead the fashion scene into the future.