Haider Ackermann Spring / Summer 2016

PARIS — The parting of the clouds coupled with thunderous applause as smoke poured off the runway brought an already moving moment to the point of saturation. Sounds about par for Haider Ackermann, but this outpouring was well earned. Ackerman’s latest collection incorporated shocks of color in a way that is not typically seen in the Colombian designer’s collections. Fitting, then that this break for color would see none other than Lili Sumner open the runway show. Plumes of colored fiber were woven into each and every model’s hair to create a sort of exclamatory flourish to every look in case the ensembles themselves did not do the job, which they invariably did. With Lily leading the charge over the fog-machined runway, Lida Fox and Anna Cleveland not long after duly followed. This was a Saturday morning to savor atop the hill at Chaillot with clouds parted and views on the runway and over Paris seeming to extend beyond what is typically visible. Credits include: Client, Haider Ackerman; Collection, Women’s Ready-To-Wear Spring / Summer 2016; Clothing design, Haider Ackerman; Hair, Kamo at Home Agency; Makep, Lynsey Alexander at Streeters; Casting, Alexandra Sandberg.