Amazonian color and exaggerated silhouettes reigned at Paris Fashion Week shows, as actresses Abbie Cornish and Emily Robinson joined it-girl Olivia Palermo on the coveted front row seats.
Here are the highlights of the spring-summer 2018 ready-to-wear collections on Saturday.
ELIE SAAB'S AMAZON FEVER
Elie Saab always adds a little bite to his creations - and this season, the Lebanese designer evoked the verdant Amazon - in all its danger, wildness and tropical vivacity.
Saab used the vivid colors of the forest to show off his daring designs.
Saturday's flesh-baring collection opened with a frayed mini-dress in python with a dangerously plunging neckline. The python motif morphed into a floor-length Charlie's Angels dress with diaphanous neck scarf and giant, retro circular shades. That established a 70s-theme that infused much of the 61-look collection.
Foliage and leaf shapes made up the bodice of one beautiful dark green cinched-waisted gown, with a sheer silk skirt frayed to look like creeper tendrils.
A Cerulean blue peaked-shoulder tuxedo mirrored the shards of blue sky in between trees, and a loose safari jacket in blinding Cadmium yellow evoked the sun.
MUGLER'S ROBOTIC CHIC
David Koma, the talented Mugler designer, showed off a hyper-kinetic vision of women in Saturday's graphic, angular collection that riffed on the robotic.
A dark, structured corset sported trompe l'oeil lines that exaggeratedly cinched the waist on an android-looking model with slicked back hair. Her pants tapered out at a circular jutting waist that gave the look a clever, off-kilter quality.
"His minimalist and sophisticated styles with metallic details constitute the new timeless wardrobe of the Mugler woman," the house said in its notes.
Koma's designs became more fluid as the show progressed - with loose acid-yellow and flame red silk gowns making an appearance. Still, the floaty gowns were stylishly truncated at the top, as if the shoulders had been slashed by a guillotine.
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