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\n\tA year after the passing of Fran\u00e7oise Hardy, her style continues to inspire designers \u2014 none more so than Julien Dossena, the guardian of the Space Age label forever associated with the \u201860s French pop icon.<\/p>\n
\n\tHardy sent shockwaves around the world when she arrived at an event in 1968 in an armored truck, wearing a gold metal minidress designed by Paco Rabanne. It was said to weigh a cool 20 pounds, was billed as the world\u2019s most expensive dress, and she wore it with bare legs and gold ballet flats.<\/p>\n
\n\tThose seeking to channel the singer\u2019s timeless French girl style can achieve a similar effect with Dossena\u2019s resort collection for the Rabanne label, which features a variety of sparkly party dresses worn with the same nonchalant ease \u2014 only this time, no wrench required.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor his eveningwear capsule, set to land in stores just in time for the holidays, he offered a cropped T-shirt and low-slung skirt glistening with oversized burgundy sequins layered on a stretch net base. Meanwhile, the brand\u2019s signature chain mail was draped into bias-cut dresses inspired by another fashion pioneer, Madeleine Vionnet.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s really about playing with time codes,\u201d he explained. \u201cWorking with it in this way makes it much more contemporary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tDossena loves a mash-up, and this lineup was a condens\u00e9 of his signature bourgeois-grunge, masculine-feminine aesthetic.<\/p>\n
\n\tHe subverted preppy codes with looks like a striped polo shirt worn with a poufy cotton poplin skirt in boxer short stripes, and a glossy caramel bomber jacket.<\/p>\n
\n\tIf thigh-grazing hemlines are not your thing, there were below-the-knee options such as a brown mock croc skirt with jean pocket details and belt loops, paired with a mint green sweater with a trompe-l\u2019oeil chain neckline. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tThe looks were accessorized with variations on the brand\u2019s recently introduced Ring bag, including a medium version in the shade of the year, butter yellow. New this season was the footwear, which the label is bringing to market for the first time.<\/p>\n
\n\tDossena has revived a silver sequined crossover flat, a runway style from a few years ago, as one of his inaugural styles. \u201cWe made some very beautiful shoes and I\u2019m delighted that customers can finally have access to them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe shoe was paired with everything from a striped chain mail tank dress, casually layered over a striped T-shirt, to a more glammed-up silver chain mail party dress topped with a windbreaker. Hardy would surely approve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A year after the passing of Fran\u00e7oise Hardy, her style continues to inspire designers \u2014 none more so than Julien Dossena, the guardian of the Space Age label forever associated with the \u201860s French pop icon. Hardy sent shockwaves around the world when she arrived at an event in 1968 in an armored truck, wearing a gold metal minidress designed by Paco Rabanne. It was said to weigh a cool 20 pounds, was billed as the world\u2019s most expensive dress, and she wore it with bare legs and gold ballet flats. Those seeking to channel the singer\u2019s timeless French girl style can achieve a similar effect with Dossena\u2019s resort collection for the Rabanne label, which features a variety of sparkly party dresses worn with the same nonchalant ease \u2014 only this time, no wrench required. For his eveningwear capsule, set to land in stores just in time for the holidays, he offered a cropped T-shirt and low-slung skirt glistening with oversized burgundy sequins layered on a stretch net base. Meanwhile, the brand\u2019s signature chain mail was draped into bias-cut dresses inspired by another fashion pioneer, Madeleine Vionnet. \u201cIt\u2019s really about playing with time codes,\u201d he explained. \u201cWorking with it in this way makes it much more contemporary.\u201d Dossena loves a mash-up, and this lineup was a condens\u00e9 of his signature bourgeois-grunge, masculine-feminine aesthetic. He subverted preppy codes with looks like a striped polo shirt worn with a poufy cotton poplin skirt in boxer short stripes, and a glossy caramel bomber jacket. If thigh-grazing hemlines are not your thing, there were below-the-knee options such as a brown mock croc skirt with jean pocket details and belt loops, paired with a mint green sweater with a trompe-l\u2019oeil chain neckline. \u00a0 The looks were accessorized with variations on the brand\u2019s recently introduced Ring bag, including a medium version in the shade of the year, butter yellow. New this season was the footwear, which the label is bringing to market for the first time. Dossena …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}