Fashion / ShowPaco Rabanne Womenswear A/W12Manish Arora does a volte face and concentrates on working Rabanne’s signature chainmail into tailoringShareLink copied ✔️March 7, 2012FashionShowPhotography Morgan O'Donovan Text Susie Lau Paco 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.TrendingWhy are women now talking like looksmaxxers?Despite being the subject of extreme beauty practices for centuries, more women are using the language of looksmaxxing in an effort to be taken seriouslyBeautyFashionPhotos of the ‘techno sluts’ at Berlin’s all-day runway ravePull&BearFashionSongs Worth Reading: Sophia Stel and PULL&BEAR find dark academia in ParisArt & PhotographyThe Japanese photographers finding beauty in what others overlookBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaLife & CultureIs this the most corrupt World Cup ever?MusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’Life & CultureThe 10 best moments from a cursed World CupBeauty‘I trust my own body’: The rise of the unquantified self 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