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Best in Show: New Attitude at Lanvin and an Asexual Rick Owens

Straight from Paris, BoF brings you the top shows from Thursday 27th February: Lanvin and Rick Owens

BoF Team

28 February 2014

PARIS, France — BoF brings you the top shows from Thursday 27th February: Lanvin and Rick Owens

Lanvin, Autumn/Winter 2014: "Elbaz has now clocked in over a decade at Lanvin. But he is still challenging himself and the codes of the brand he has brought back to life." See full show.

Rick Owens, Autumn/Winter 2014: "The subject of the mixing of masculine and feminine dress was developed all the way to its almost inevitable conclusion - asexual attire. It looked just as fierce on the female street-casted models as it did on the men last month." See full show.

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