Ever the aesthete, Niccolò Pasqualetti presented a collection that was at once sculptural and sensitive. Drawing inspiration from the stark, monolithic work of Richard Serra, the designer translated his abstract and architectural works into soft, fluid motion.

Held in the long hall of the Palais de Tokyo, Pasqualetti shaped the body in new ways, such as gently-rounded, cocooning outer shells – not quite coat, not quite dress – that transformed with a flip and a snap into shorter numbers.

In that way the collection was also a lesson in modularity with pieces that reconfigured to create different looks, such as a leather bomber with removable sleeves, or several looks with detachable shoulder pads that could be worn as both armor and accessory.

That ethos held true for the LVMH prize fina

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