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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Adamson

Stella McCartney puts provocative twist on the 'open office' at Paris Fashion Week

France Fashion Stella McCartney F/W 25/26 Photo Call - (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Stella McCartney ’s star-studded fall show was a bold statement on power, sensuality, and self-possession. Set inside the ‘Stella Corp’ offices in northern Paris, the runway blurred the lines between boardroom and nightlife, business and pleasure.

The Paris collection, provocatively titled “Laptop to Lapdance,” explored the modern working woman’s ability to shift seamlessly between roles, embracing both structure and seduction. It was a natural evolution of 1980s power dressing, when broad-shouldered tailoring became the armor of ambition.

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