Christophe Lemaire

Following Milan, Christophe Lemaire's show this morning made for a palate-cleansing start to the Paris collections. Backstage, the young veteran of modern menswear said that there was "no concept [to it] because there was absolutely no artifice," making his point with a jab of the chin, French-style, and shrug of the shoulders. When laissez-faire dressing is so adroitly realized, why corrupt it with words or theory? When cajoled, the designer (who, several years back, spearheaded Lacoste's trans...