 PARIS, July 1, 2006 - The Romain Kremer show, which began an hour late in a
stifling underground room at Le Tapis Rouge, offered clothing fit for travel
to the moon and back. A life preserver top molded of bronze lamé, a shirt
drilled full of holes, a jump suit with side panels slashed low enough to
reveal bikini underwear - all of that was fine and good, and if there were
such a thing as experimental couture for men, this would be it. Who would
actually wear some of these clothes is another matter.
Overall, the quilted fabrics looked hot, and the intergalactic theme blasted
past the wardrobe of Dr. Smith of "Lost in Space". Heavens to mergatroids.
One of the tops had the magical effect of trompe-l'oeil body painting when a
faint celestial design was imprinted on otherwise transparent mesh, which
worked with the model's chiseled abs as a foundation. That piece should sell
well in places like West Hollywood, Greenwich Village and the Castro.
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