Paris Fashion Week: At YSL, comfort is the overall winner

January 26th, 2010 admin

Reporting from Paris — In the end, the return of the Yves Saint Laurent menswear collection to the Paris runway was more a matter of calendar timing than anything else; instead of being held the Wednesday night before the official men's Paris Fashion Week kicks off, it took place in a Friday noon time slot.


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