PARIS, July 4, 2006 - Gieves, the Savile Row tailors now showing a high
fashion line in Paris, chose the lawn of the Polish Embassy on Rue Saint
Dominique as the venue for their presentation entitled "I am a Camera". The
English Garden Party atmosphere soon went sour on Monday afternoon, however,
when the bar closed prematurely and throngs of parched fashion editors were
forced to storm it in search of libation. Dare one imagine the only thing
left were a few empty Vodka bottles and a lemon twist. The sweat bath and sun
burned bacchanalia that followed lost all sense of the intended civility.
The collection fared better, as scarves twirled from the neck and
handkerchiefs fluttered from pockets. Gieves is what it is - understated and
refined, founded on finely cut suits and immaculate sports wear. The basic
gray palette eventually branched out to include lots of greens, teal,
aquamarine, lilac and tangerine. One military-style double breasted jacket
colored mustard-yellow, looked hotter than the row of editors facing the
western sun. Many of the pieces were hearty enough to stand up to a cool
British summer, but hotly out of place on a sizzling summer afternoon in
Paris.
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