Fashion / ShowPaco Rabanne Womenswear A/W12Manish Arora does a volte face and concentrates on working Rabanne’s signature chainmail into tailoringShareLink copied ✔️March 7, 2012FashionShowPhotographyMorgan O'DonovanTextSusie LauPaco Rabanne Womenswear A/W12 Manish Arora seemed hell bent on addressing wearability in this follow up collection, as an extreme reaction to last season’s Phillip Treacy disc hats and paper foil human fans. He therefore took the Rabanne signature chainmail and worked it into weighted grey leather tailoring and panelled miniskirts and shift dresses where the metal links are spliced into the arms and used to weigh down hems. Overall it was disciplined in so much that metal hardware became a central way of embellishing contemporary clothes and Arora proved that the newly revived Paco Rabanne brand doesn’t need to just show clothes with complex theatrics It wasn’t all well mannered as the show descended into disco party mode with silver metal disc jumpsuits and dresses, monkey fur armed cocktail dresses that jangle with gold chain and black patent criss-crossed strips. Overall it was disciplined in so much that metal hardware became a central way of embellishing contemporary clothes and Arora proved that the newly revived Paco Rabanne brand doesn’t need to just show clothes with complex theatrics. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE BurberryKate Moss, Little Simz, and more celebrate 170 years of BurberryIn pictures: David Luraschi captures model of the moment, Serkan Deniz GANNIGANNI is yearning for a dreamy summer – and so are we FILAFrom track to concrete: Fila reimagines sportswear in the city for AW26Behind the scenes at Zomer and La Watchparty’s AW26 runwayLove machine: When robot HMND Alpha met model Angelina KendallSaint Laurent AW26 paid tribute to the iconic Le Smoking jacketDior AW26: Jonathan Anderson invites us to his (lily) pad Hodakova AW26 wants us to take a long, hard look in the mirrorPerfection and chaos collided at Vaquera’s AW26 showAre you ready for the return of the ‘everyday tiara’?Meryll Rogge takes Marni: ‘I need to make sure I don’t fuck it up’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy