MARCH 02, 2014 PARIS
By Nicole Phelps

You knew you were in for something different from Riccardo Tisci when you saw the runway. For the past two seasons, the models seemed miles away from the front row as they did their loops around the Halle Freyssinet. Tonight you could reach out and touch them as they breezed past you down the carpeted catwalk. The intimate setting suited his new direction: The man who gave the world the designer sweatshirt has grown up. This was a very womanly, very French collection, and it was just as convincing as when Tisci was looking at the street. “This time it was about celebrating elegance and bon ton,” he said backstage. “My own bon ton, of course.”

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