Serge Ruffieux pulled off a charming debut based on a globetrotting collage of references, tossing into the tumbler prints recalling Seventies interiors, aristocratic touches, African fabrics and various other peripatetic nods, from revisited safari vests to tropical prints with a hand-painted quality.
The Left Bank references were suitably tongue-in-cheek with a series of cropped tops. Some with A-line volumes and some paired with pants sprinkled with couture embroidery. A cute recurrent print was based on the rooster, a symbol of France.
Ruffieux was fearless in his mix of colors, including on the fun decorative flats, with sharp red and a shot of acid Green.
With the show’s location the Jussieu university, and real life students milling about, the collection was compelling and fittingly young at heart for the Carven Brand.
