Excerpt: "COURRÈGES. FALL 2023 - PARIS FASHION WEEK"

"Nicolas di Felice revamp of Courrèges continues on, to which the Belgium designer has returned both Courrèges 1960's futurist themes and its amorous overtures, all in homage to the late André Courrèges fashion house.    While simultaneously incorporating the contemporary elements of our current aesthetics or at least commenting on aspects that reflect this paradoxical society that we all subscribe too.   And it is to Di Felice's credit that he has be able to meld the fusion of the said themes onto Courrèges's luxury template.  Which if one is to look at this objectively would be a hard task, pertaining to the fact that despite Courrèges being an established brand name, has struggled over the last decade to solidify itself into the competitiveness of the designer fashion market. 

Everything is in disarray at the moment post the 2020 pandemic, from economic, geopolitical and sociological.  Rationale has seem to have gone out the window, which maybe reflective as a catalyst, and warning that society is breaking down.   And if we are to look at Science Fiction as a reference point, in light of Courrèges's interest of the more utopian concepts of 1960's futurism in all of its technological hope..."

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Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/04/courreges-fall-2023-paris-fashion-week.html 

(A.Glass 2023)