Rhodes To Paris

ZANDRA RHODES will show at Paris Fashion Week this season, as she hosts a retrospective show featuring her most iconic pieces taken from her label's rich archives. The legendary designer will open On|Off's Paris schedule on Wednesday 29 - her first show since 2007, when she launched her MAC make-up line in London.

"Since On|Off approached me, I've been hunting out and going through all my storage boxes to find the key garments and looks that I have designed over the last four decades," she told us last night. "I knew a month ago that it was happening but kept pushing it to the back of my mind with fright. Now it's upon me and I can't run away!"

As well as showing her most famous items, Rhodes will also treat audiences to a host of new designs - as well as a new print, which will adorn guests' goodie bags.

"Paris is the ultimate place to show," she said. "I am very nervous, but I'm excited about showing all the varied looks that I have invented - the ethnic chiffon with their feathers, I was the first; the Indian collection with the blue goddess make-up and jewelled bindies; the swirling, quilted, ethnic dresses that will swirl around and around. Finding all the accessories is death, I can hardly move around my penthouse!"







ELLA ALEXANDER 17 February 2012
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