Above: Cole Mohr in Dries Van Noten’s Fall Winter 2010 presentation at the Palais Brongniart today in Paris.

The models carried portable speakers in their right hands, carrying the soundtrack with them as they walked. In a show that fused together army surplus trousers with collegiate double breasted suiting and deconstructed, cut-off outerware,  the technological injection was a modern conceit that re-contextualised the pieces for the new decade. Ranging from Snoop Dogg to The Clash, each boy who turned the corner brought with him a new song, and a new and unusual atmosphere for the wearable, modern collection.

Freja Beha Erichsen in a look from Dries Van Noten’s Spring Summer 2010 show held at the Place Vendôme on Sunday. The artfully matted hair and fresh dewy makeup sent us into an exotic, colonial paradise- where traditional details such as strapped utilitarian trenches and blazers, pearls and feminine eyewear were mixed with batik trains, pleated silk wraps, heavy beading and other  ethnic finery.

Photo by Dan The Scout.

The darkly glamorous Mavi rocks a floor length Martin Margiela backless dress, fox fur and a box-shouldered leather jacket in the sweltering heat of Paris mens fashion week SS10. Her dark ensemble is accented with her spangly ethnic Dries Van Noten stilettos and dark red lips, with piles of gold accessories adorning her slender wrists. ON ADORE.

Photo by Dan The Scout