Paris Fashion Week Is Bleak

The Ready-to-Wear shows at Paris Fashion Week were bland and bleak, lacking elegance and grace.
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Paris Fashion Week Is Bleak
UNEXPECTED TOP: Jean Paul Gaultier for Hermes offers a jacket and jeans with plenty of accessories and breaks the classic lines with a print blouson top. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)
10/16/2009
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10/16/2009
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1One91653331_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1One91653331_medium.jpg" alt="JEAN PAUL GAULTIER FOR HERMES: Consider taking up tennis just to wear this dress. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)" title="JEAN PAUL GAULTIER FOR HERMES: Consider taking up tennis just to wear this dress. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93892"/></a>
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER FOR HERMES: Consider taking up tennis just to wear this dress. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)

If you like elegance and grace, you will be disappointed in many of the styles featured in Paris at the ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2010 fashion show held Oct. 5-8. Bleakness ruled. Maybe it was a misinterpretation of the attempt to tone down lavishness in consideration of the poor economy.

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/2Two91653254_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/2Two91653254_medium-266x450.jpg" alt="UNEXPECTED TOP: Jean Paul Gaultier for Hermes offers a jacket and jeans with plenty of accessories and breaks the classic lines with a print blouson top. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)" title="UNEXPECTED TOP: Jean Paul Gaultier for Hermes offers a jacket and jeans with plenty of accessories and breaks the classic lines with a print blouson top. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93893"/></a>
UNEXPECTED TOP: Jean Paul Gaultier for Hermes offers a jacket and jeans with plenty of accessories and breaks the classic lines with a print blouson top. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)


We have gathered a few of the outstanding designs that ran against the current.
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/3Three91480665_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/3Three91480665_medium.jpg" alt="SPRING LIGHT: Presented in the Chanel Prêt-à-Porter show during Paris Womenswear Fashion Week at Grand Palais. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)" title="SPRING LIGHT: Presented in the Chanel Prêt-à-Porter show during Paris Womenswear Fashion Week at Grand Palais. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93894"/></a>
SPRING LIGHT: Presented in the Chanel Prêt-à-Porter show during Paris Womenswear Fashion Week at Grand Palais. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/4Four91448915_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/4Four91448915_medium-299x450.jpg" alt="PLENTY OF COLOR: Stella McCartney delights our eyes with casual, colorful outfits at Palais De Tokyo on Oct. 5. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)" title="PLENTY OF COLOR: Stella McCartney delights our eyes with casual, colorful outfits at Palais De Tokyo on Oct. 5. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93895"/></a>
PLENTY OF COLOR: Stella McCartney delights our eyes with casual, colorful outfits at Palais De Tokyo on Oct. 5. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/5Five91448908_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/5Five91448908_medium-299x450.jpg" alt="GRACEFUL CURVING LINES: Stella McCartney stands out by offering a flowing design in this jacket and pants. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)" title="GRACEFUL CURVING LINES: Stella McCartney stands out by offering a flowing design in this jacket and pants. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93896"/></a>
GRACEFUL CURVING LINES: Stella McCartney stands out by offering a flowing design in this jacket and pants. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/6Six91590650_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/6Six91590650_medium-300x450.jpg" alt="ESTRELLA ARCHS: This Spanish designer uses the fabric to give the design its lines. (Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)" title="ESTRELLA ARCHS: This Spanish designer uses the fabric to give the design its lines. (Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93897"/></a>
ESTRELLA ARCHS: This Spanish designer uses the fabric to give the design its lines. (Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/7Seven91589329_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/7Seven91589329_medium-300x450.jpg" alt="DELICATE DETAIL:An outfit by Romanian designer Ingrid Vlasov has intricate black decorations on a white dress. (Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)" title="DELICATE DETAIL:An outfit by Romanian designer Ingrid Vlasov has intricate black decorations on a white dress. (Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93898"/></a>
DELICATE DETAIL:An outfit by Romanian designer Ingrid Vlasov has intricate black decorations on a white dress. (Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/8Eight91588678_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/8Eight91588678_medium-258x450.jpg" alt="CREATIVE BUBBLE SKIRT: Designer Shiatzy Chen of Taiwan presents a version of the bubble skirt in the ready-to-wear show. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)" title="CREATIVE BUBBLE SKIRT: Designer Shiatzy Chen of Taiwan presents a version of the bubble skirt in the ready-to-wear show. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93899"/></a>
CREATIVE BUBBLE SKIRT: Designer Shiatzy Chen of Taiwan presents a version of the bubble skirt in the ready-to-wear show. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/9ANInenA91538727_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/9ANInenA91538727_medium-260x450.jpg" alt="TRUE SUMMER STYLES:Outfits by Italian designer Antonio Marras for Kenzo in the ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2010 fashion show. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)" title="TRUE SUMMER STYLES:Outfits by Italian designer Antonio Marras for Kenzo in the ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2010 fashion show. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93900"/></a>
TRUE SUMMER STYLES:Outfits by Italian designer Antonio Marras for Kenzo in the ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2010 fashion show. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/TenA91538243_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/TenA91538243_medium-243x450.jpg" alt="FROM FRENCH DESIGNER: RM by the designer Roland Mouret uses form-fitting knits for its ready-to-wear show. (Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)" title="FROM FRENCH DESIGNER: RM by the designer Roland Mouret uses form-fitting knits for its ready-to-wear show. (Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93901"/></a>
FROM FRENCH DESIGNER: RM by the designer Roland Mouret uses form-fitting knits for its ready-to-wear show. (Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)