THE TUXEDO SUIT LIVES ON

When you’re designing for the house that brought the world Le Smoking, that Sixties symbol of empowered sophistication, it would be silly, really, not to carry on mining its powers. Which is exactly what Anthony Vaccarello is doing at Saint Laurent. His show was book ended with two black suit looks just crying out to be shot on a floodlit street by Helmut Newton; highwaisted cigarette trousers were worn with a tailored cape for the finale and a tuxedo jacket for the opening. Python boots in a zingy shade of lemon gave the cocktail a twist of nowness.