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BOURGEOIS style i is the designer obsession du jour in Paris, referenced this week by Antho Anthony Vaccarello at Saint Laurent and Olivier Rousteing at Balmain. But o on Friday evening, Celine’s Hedi Sli Slimane reminded us that it was he wh who ushered in this style era (in his second s Celine collection a year ago) in which the epitome of elegan elegance is to dress like the chicest mama maman in St Germain. That is why there h have been so many pussy-bow blouses and tea dresses gracing the rails of Z Zara lately.

The look is eviden evidently the gift which keeps on giving, alth although this collection was a uni unisex offering, with almost as many mal male models.

Slimane refuses to t give comments on his collections, b but the dedication of this one “à ma mè mère” suggested the power of personal n nostalgia; born in 1968, he grew up in Paris with his Tunisian father and Italian mother.

Tiered dresses we were shot with Lurex, sumptuous v velvet blazers and cropped jackets wer were sharp and sleek and there were lush lush, twinkling hand-embroidered o offerings. And how about a stroll in flat suede over-theknee boots and twee tweed cape, or wafting to cocktails in a leop leopard kaftan?

The show also saw the debut of a new jewellery range range, Les Cristaux – tapping into the m modern obsession with crystals, and th the introduction of accessories bearing the original Celine logo, first created in 1966.

Criticismhas Criticism has bee been levelled at Slimane for his obsession obse with ultra-thin models an and Friday evening’s show was no differe different. Plus ça change, but it does become a distraction from the exceptional clot clothes.