PARIS - Chloe makes ready-to-wear and doesn't pretend otherwise.
This honest attitude was on full display in Clare Waight Keller's fall-winter 2013-14 collection in Paris of 41 highly wearable looks.
Who needs a lofty concept when much is said in the quality of each individual garment?
There were some neat ideas in blue and neutral black, white and grey. A multicolored thick-striped silk dress had a geeky, graphic look with an angular top and patent leather school shoes.
Elsewhere, a grey jumpsuit, played on the shape of overalls, with long straps and deep scooped collars. Buttoned-up white shirts, followed tulle transparencies with polka dots, and coats sported large pockets.
"It's about bringing in a toughness, with more attitude," said Waight Keller, backstage.
There were rings in the model's ears, shiny zippers and buttons — what the designer called "hardware elements." But then — to end the show — two diaphanous skirts, in billowing black and white tulle, looked anything but hard.
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