The invitation for the Courrèges show at Paris Fashion Week was a pair of black sunglasses. “Bring me to the show,” read the fine print at the bottom of the box.
Not everyone got the memo: while front-row guests Naomi Watts and Emma Chamberlain donned the wraparound sunnies, Kim Petras and Wooyoung, of K-pop band Ateez, came without.
Creative director Nicolas Di Felice called his spring collection, shown on a white circular set: “Blinded by the Sun.” Having spent part of the summer in Ibiza, he meant it both literally and metaphorically, at a time when it’s easy to feel blindsided by reality, never mind global warming.
For those who want to shut out the world – or enjoy complete sun protection – he offered baseball caps draped with full face-covering veils, inspired by a look from the a