Courrèges SS27: Drew Henry's first collection, 50 looks at the Palais de Tokyo
Drew Henry's first Courrèges collection ran at 10:30 on 30 September in a wing of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris: 50 looks, a few months after the house named him artistic director on 31 March to succeed Nicolas Di Felice. Henry, born in South Africa and a graduate of the Central Saint Martins MA, spent his career under three designers: Phoebe Philo at Celine and at her own label, Jonathan Anderson, and Daniel Lee at Burberry, where he was senior design director.
The hats are the detail: Henry found a cloche by the milliner Jean Barthet in the Courrèges archive and had it remade, scrunched, for the runway. Alongside it came floral bra tops and the A-line dress with its edges left frayed, and the flat Space Age boots of 1964 went back on the floor.
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01THE PALAIS DE TOKYO, 10:30 ON 30 SEPTEMBER: DREW HENRY'S FIRST COLLECTION FOR COURRÈGES, IN 50 LOOKS.
02HE CAME UP UNDER PHOEBE PHILO AT CELINE AND AT HER OWN LABEL, UNDER JONATHAN ANDERSON, AND UNDER DANIEL LEE AT BURBERRY.
03HE SUCCEEDS NICOLAS DI FELICE, WHO SPENT FIVE YEARS MAKING COURRÈGES SLEEK, BODY-SKIMMING AND BUILT FOR GOING OUT.
04THE SCRUNCHED HATS WERE REMADE FROM A CLOCHE BY THE MILLINER JEAN BARTHET, FOUND IN THE HOUSE ARCHIVE.
05THE SPACE AGE BOOTS FROM ANDRÉ COURRÈGES'S SPRING 1964 MOON GIRL COUTURE COLLECTION CAME BACK.
06BELTS HUNG UNDONE, EDGES WERE LEFT RAW, AND CAGE JUMPSUITS WERE DOTTED WITH 3D FLOWERS.
07THE COLOURS WERE BRIGHT: LIME AND GRASS GREENS, ORANGES, BABY BLUE.