Martin Grant: pared down

If I were to mention the 70s 'glam' soundtrack that backed this catwalk it might leave you with an impression of clothing that sits between glam and sexualised. That is, after all, the most common interpretation of the 70s revival that we've encountered since we started our tour of fashion weeks back in January. Yet, showing at Paris fashion week Australian designer Martin Grant avoided the cliche that the choice of music implied. In many a way the pieces were far more Parisian, far more Collins Street (Melbourne, Australia's home to international, luxury boutiques) then they were Milan. They were young, yet leaned towards elegance as opposed to the wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am the music implied we were going to encounter