“That’s a new marijuana leaf,” said Lucien Pellat-Finet this morning, pointing to an abstract cannabis frond—scarlet red intarsia against warm black cashmere. “I did the brushstrokes.”
A sense of newness filled the room, and not just
because of the latest collection; Pellat-Finet
moved his boutique off of Rue Saint-Honoré to
Rue d’Aboukir in September, and the space was
buzzing with industry types and shoppers.
Celebrating the relocation, the designer took one of
its decadent stairways, bright pink and leopard-
carpeted, and worked it into a top.
Pellat-Finet has always been about novelty and
kitsch, peddled in the higher rungs of luxury.
You know the drill: cashmere sweaters with skulls
and pot leaves that cost thousands of euros.
His Fall collection, inspired by the “British upper
class”
—namely the flamboyance of the 7th Marquess of
Bath, Alexander Thynn—brought in an Anglo
fascination.
This was evinced in a cashmere two-tone peacoat
over a regatta-stripe silk top and a jacket with the
Union Jack, transmogrified. Novelty and kitsch,
again, just with a glance to the island across the
channel.
What was added: lightweight sneakers, for men
and women, and a T-shirt capsule featuring the
work of calligrapher Nicolas Ouchenir. Soft and
graphic, the tees will make for a nice contribution
to the archive.
by NICK REMSEN
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