PARIS

t a time in which a 16-year-old girl is reminding us all of our minor and major responsibilities towards the climate emergency, the fashion industry is bringing the debate straight to the runways, with designers beginning to offer sustainable alternatives. Aside from having to be seen as being committed is a theme that encompasses many current key issues: inclusivity, sustainability, tradition, past and future, and, specifically, the attention to detail seen in precious embroidery, the quality of a fabric, an archive print, the delicacy of an ancient-looking dress, the weave of crocheting, the colours of patchwork, or the flowers blooming across surfaces. All this helps make a piece everlasting. The past also lives on in two other themes, and , but with a perhaps more objective approach tied to particular decades (revisited) and their signature styles. Unsurprisingly, the influence of the ’70s brings high waists and flared trousers, hot-pants and full skirts over boots, lean jackets and gathered collars, psychedelia and iridescence, while ’90s-influenced minimalism features sharp lines, visible underwear, blazers over bare skin, monochrome and an almost sacred penchant for order and cleanness.