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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 26 sepTember 2019
Quirks and provocations define Paris

Fashion Week shows

In this Nov. 17, 2004, file photo Jerry Seinfeld, left, Julia Louis
Dreyfus and Michael Richards arrive to celebrate the release of
Model Bella Hadid wears a creation as part of the Mugler Ready To Wear Spring-Summer the first three seasons of Seinfeld on DVD in New York.
2020 collection, unveiled during the fashion week, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Associated Press
Associated Press
By THOMAS ADAMSON a collection that paired, carrot, champagne and Yada yada yada: Netflix to
Associated Press for instance, a nun’s hab- pale yellow — were fash-
PARIS (AP) — There were it with a voluminous biker ioned for spring. Asym- air ‘Seinfeld’ starting in 2021
quirks and provocations jacket in the same stylish metry and trompe l’oeil
galore at the second look. There was method styles produced the Associated Press
major day of Paris Fash- in the madness: Hold- show’s strongest looks. LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Move aside, “Friends” and “The
ion Week collections, as ing the display together In one loose sporty dress, Office.” Netflix now has a new gem — a show about
John Galliano showed were lean, and often horizontal Breton stripes nothing.
why he’s still a creative buckled waists, oversize gathered in waves at the The company announced Monday it would start stream-
force to be reckoned proportions and unex- hem creating the false ing all 180 episodes of “Seinfeld” in 2021, gaining a huge-
with — and model Bella pected plays of depth impression of movement. ly popular addition to its library as the battle for viewers
Hadid stunned front row through layering. But sometimes the looks, heats up.
guests. Despite being at the top with their myriad neck- Netflix Inc., which pioneered the binge-watching culture
Here are some highlights of the industry for two de- laces, prints, handbags, of streaming, was dealt a double blow this summer when
of Wednesday’s spring cades, this season dem- belts and hats, felt a tad it lost “The Office” and “Friends,” two of its most popular
summer 2020 shows. onstrates that Galliano is busy. shows, as their respective owners pulled them to add to
MARGIELA GOES ENCY- still a designer who can ___ their own streaming services.
CLOPEDIC pack a surprise. BELLA IN THE SPOTLIGHT “The Office” will leave at the end of 2020 to join NBCUni-
Fashion icon John Gal- ___ AT MUGLER versal’s new streaming service, and “Friends” will leave
liano outdid himself this SOPHOMORE DISPLAY Talk about grand open- at the beginning of 2020 to join the upcoming HBO Max
season with one of his FROM LANVIN’S SIALELLI ings. Within seconds of service.
quirkiest and most cre- Bruno Sialelli, Lanvin’s Casey Cadwallader’s It’s a battle not likely to wane as the streaming TV space
ative displays to date for fourth designer in four latest offering for Mugler, grows more crowded. Netflix has created significant mo-
Maison Margiela. years, was in a relaxed gasping fashion editors mentum with its original shows, but new competitors are
The collection’s starting and playful mood for his scrambled for their cam- constantly popping up, including streaming arrivals from
point was the uniform sophomore outing at the era phones. Apple and Disney.
styles of World Wars I and storied Parisian house. It was none other than Still, Netflix has a head start in the online space, with its
II, but it was encyclope- Gently sloping geometry, model-of-the-moment deep library of past and new shows. It struck the five-year
dic at heart. both in the shoulder and Bella Hadid causing the deal with Sony Pictures Television for the global streaming
Much like the soundtrack in hats with exaggerated furor. She strutted out rights to “Seinfeld,” the Emmy-winning television comedy
that flitted from Marlene fisherman-style ear flaps, powerfully onto the run- which aired its final episode in 1998. Terms were not re-
Dietrich to electro, the defined much of the way in an incredibly pro- leased.
39-piece show defied quirky aesthetic. vocative ensemble: A The Los Angeles Times reported Netflix paid well above
definition. Intentionally By pure coincidence, the cropped tuxedo on top the speculated $500 million NBCUniversal paid to retake
divergent unisex looks — angular bend of umbrel- of sheer black lingerie “The Office,” and the reported $130 million Hulu parent
nurses’ uniform, veiled las clutched by fashioni- that left little to the imagi- Walt Disney Co. paid for “Seinfeld.” Both of those deals
hats, big black boots, stas in the front row as it nation. The geometry are for U.S. streaming only — Netflix has bought the global
double breasted woolen rained exactly matched of the look — its square rights to show “Seinfeld.”
jackets, three-dimension- the geometry in the shoulders and softly “Seinfeld is the television comedy that all television com-
al Renaissance capes clothes — in a detail that ribbed corset-shape mid- edy is measured against,” Netflix Chief Content Officer
and a male model in was not lost on editors. riff — was signature Mu- Ted Sarandos said in a statement.
thigh high stripper boots In contrast to the gray gler. But its bold style was Netflix noted it is still focused on producing its own shows
— had fashion insiders Parisian skies at the out- also a sign that American — but it can’t ignore the demand for rewatching old hits.
equally impressed and door garden venue at designer Cadwallader is The company spent $12 billion on original and non-origi-
amused. Only a couture Musee du Quai Branly, very much in control af- nal programming last year.
master such as Galliano the clothes themselves ter only one year at the Jerry Seinfeld’s show “Comedians in Cars Getting Cof-
can successfully pull off — in pastel blue, deep house.q fee” and his standup special “Jerry Before Seinfeld” are
already distributed by Netflix.q