The crash — more than the clothes, sadly — made the international debut of Turkish designer Arzu Kaprol something no spectator is likely to forget.
The quality of Paris shows tends to be very high, and Kaprol’s all black, hard-edged fall-winter 2011-12 ready-to-wear collection just wasn’t up to snuff: The zipper down the back of a translucent pencil skirt refused to lay flat and buckled in unattractive waves as the model, in vertiginous platforms with spike heels, hobbled down the catwalk.
The plexiglass eggs that closed the show, worn cape-style over little black dresses in leather and python, were covered in fingerprint smudges. Those sound like minor details, but when you’re trying to compete with the heavyweights, you’ve got no choice but to sweat the small stuff.
