Monday, 6:30 p.m. Guests of the Pierre Cardin fashion show are immersed in the midnight blue darkness of the Atelier des Lumières, a place dedicated to digital art.
Suddenly a white sand beach, its coconut trees and its turquoise waters appear on the walls.
A delightful contrast with the grayness in which Parisians have been plunged for several days.
A few seconds later, a journey into the underwater world unfolds before their eyes.
Ballet of dolphins, swordfish, turtles, sharks but also corals whose psychedelic notes burst through the screen.
All against the backdrop of ocean surf and relaxing music.
The stage is set.
The first silhouette advances on the podium.
Gold jacket with futuristic shapes, inspired by the world of astronauts.
A theme decidedly dear to Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin, the nephew and heir of the great fashion designer, artistic director of the label, who had chosen, in 2022, the tarmac of the Air and Space Museum of Le Bourget, at the foot of the Ariane rocket, for a parade tribute to Cardin, who died a year earlier.
the jacket inspired by astronaut outfits opened the ball of this LAROCHE-JOUBERT fashion show
In the footsteps of this first appearance, follow short, colorful dresses, combining black with more vibrant shades like purple, orange or the famous Cardin blue, essential.
The coats turn out to be chic and elegant.
Multiplying the details dear to the visionary couturier, thus tirelessly recalling the DNA of the house.
Colored discs, rounded patterns, large buttons... Evening dresses, long and close to the body, have the particularity of revealing some sort of wings at shoulder level.
Should we see again an allusion to the sky and space?
The sensation of the evening arrives a few minutes later with the appearance of Eve Gilles, Miss France 2024, dressed in a black latex catsuit and a red tunic.
This is surprising, it is the first time that a practicing Miss France has lent herself to modeling in this way.
The long dress, filigree throughout the show, inspired Pierre Cardin's nephew, Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin.
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An eco-responsible collection
The collection presented here by Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin is more than ever in the tradition of his uncle, driven by the all-out return of the 1970s in creation, from fashion to design.
The difference is that the return of the brand to the Fashion Week calendar is anchored in the spirit of the times with a collection produced in an eco-responsible manner, in particular thanks to fabrics either recycled or coming from dormant couture stocks.
Like pleated organza or recycled neoprene.
As soon as the curtain fell, the audience was won over.
In the midst of a storm with the designer's family, Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin proved, this Monday, that artistically he was indeed his uncle's heir.