Maison Martin Margiela, which has inked deals with L’Oréal and Damiani, spoofed the marriage between fashion houses and accessories on his spring ’09 runway.
Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo consistently pushes the edge (here, spring 2009), while teaming up with H&M and Louis Vuitton.
Bernhard Willhelm continues to court the unconventional. Here, a spring runway look.
Yohji Yamamoto, whose spring collection was more subdued than usual, says very few real avant-garde designers remain.
Gareth Pugh, who made his debut in Paris this season, is cited as being one of few designers who continue to focus on the extreme.
Hussein Chalayan, known for his conceptual collections, played with movement and velocity for spring.