Paris Fashion Week: Behind the Scenes and on the Streets with Virgil Abloh, David Beckham, and More

It’s show time in Paris and the gang’s all here. Virgil! Rick! Haider! Dries! Kim Jones and Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell! Anything can happen at Paris Fashion Week, and—quelle surprise—there is already drama afoot. Today Kim Jones showed his final collection for Louis Vuitton after a seven-year run. The last-minute announcement of his departure has sent the rumor mill into overdrive: where will Kim go? Who will replace him? What does it all mean? We’ve placed our bets, but however it plays out, Paris Fashion Week more than any other sets the tone for the rest of the year. Come along as we take you inside the shows that everybody’s going to be talking about.

Day Three

Models fitted at Ami
Models fitted at Ami
Emily Malan
Ami designer Alexandre Mattiusi takes a pre-show photo
Ami designer Alexandre Mattiusi takes a pre-show photo
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
An Ami model alights upon the runway roof
An Ami model alights upon the runway roof
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Mattiusi takes his victory lap
Mattiusi takes his victory lap
Emily Malan
Backstage at Dries Van Noten
Backstage at Dries Van Noten
Emily Malan
Models keep their hair kempt before the Dries show
Models keep their hair kempt before the Dries show
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Rare plaids at Dries
Rare plaids at Dries
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Show time!
Show time!
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
More Dries goodness
More Dries goodness
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Street style outside Louis Vuitton
Street style outside Louis Vuitton
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
<cite class="credit">Emily Malan</cite>
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Virgil Abloh and Heron Preston at Louis Vuitton
Virgil Abloh and Heron Preston at Louis Vuitton
Emily Malan
David and Victoria Beckham arrive at Louis Vuitton
David and Victoria Beckham arrive at Louis Vuitton
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
The front row at Louis Vuitton
The front row at Louis Vuitton
Emily Malan
The scene for Kim Jones’s final Louis Vuitton show
The scene for Kim Jones’s final Louis Vuitton show
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Naomi Campbell and...
Naomi Campbell and...
Emily Malan
...Kate Moss walked in honor of Kim Jones
...Kate Moss walked in honor of Kim Jones
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
That’s all, folks
That’s all, folks
Emily Malan
A very Rick Owens grooming situation
A very Rick Owens grooming situation
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Hairy Rick Owens sneakers
Hairy Rick Owens sneakers
Emily Malan
Final adjustments at Rick Owens
Final adjustments at Rick Owens
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan

Day Two

Backstage before Virgil Abloh’s Off-White show
Backstage before Virgil Abloh’s Off-White show
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
The Off-White shoe lineup (including new Off-White x Nikes)
The Off-White shoe lineup (including new Off-White x Nikes)
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Virgil Abloh makes a final inspection before the models hit the runway
Virgil Abloh makes a final inspection before the models hit the runway
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
<cite class="credit">Emily Malan</cite>
Emily Malan
The Off-White models take a test-run
The Off-White models take a test-run
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Virgil and GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch debrief after the show
Virgil and GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch debrief after the show
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Backstage at Lemaire
Backstage at Lemaire
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
The Lemaire runway
The Lemaire runway
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Christophe Lemaire makes final adjustments
Christophe Lemaire makes final adjustments
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Models wearing their Haider Ackermann looks before the show
Models wearing their Haider Ackermann looks before the show
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Haider Ackermann fixes a model’s collar
Haider Ackermann fixes a model’s collar
Emily Malan
A big vibe at Y/Project
A big vibe at Y/Project
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
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Emily Malan
Y/Project models in their massive Uggs
Y/Project models in their massive Uggs
Emily Malan
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Emily Malan

Day One

Berlin fashion collective GmbH opened Paris Fashion Week with a show titled “My Beauty Offends You”
Berlin fashion collective GmbH opened Paris Fashion Week with a show titled “My Beauty Offends You”
The GmbH models get in formation
The GmbH models get in formation
<cite class="credit">Nicole Gomes</cite>
Nicole Gomes
Paris Fashion Week is underway!
Paris Fashion Week is underway!

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