Rock & roll grit meets flowing silhouettes in Azzaro's couture presentation for Paris Fashion Week 2018. Emerging from succulent-intwined columns, Simoëns' models show us what happens when hard meets soft.

A Native American tale in an urban setting, Chitose Abe continues her signature mixing of garments and genres into the summer of 2019. The denim, plaid, and brightly colored symmetrical prints contrast and reinvigorate each other in her hands, breathing new life into the jacket, skirt and dress as we know it. A nod to sportswear, the Nike-clad models also wear hooded-sweatshirts and nylon bombers – all pieced together using richly eye-catching fabrics and a mix of fluid silhouettes that makes each piece unique. Abe’s collection is a portrait of a new generation that is hybrid, a new generation that is free.

Creating the official uniform for summer 2019, Massimo Giorgetti’s ode to the sun merges his Rimini origins with the urban style of the Milanese streets. The tone is fun, the spirit is wild yet street-savvy, and the shorts and prints scream la dolce vita. From full patterns to sportswear pieces, Giorgetti’s take on a city-meets-seaside summer reflects an idea of La Bella Vita that is uniquely Italian.

Adapted to the work of one of the greatest designers of the twentieth century, Verner Panton, the Spring 2019 collection carries the sweet air of the beat generation. The sophistication of colors and patterns confronts the radical cuts, including workwear and soft-tailoring with adjusted volumes. The result is a subtle, subdued elegance that is at the core of the unique universe of Belgian fashion.

The collection is an ode to youth and the naive character that defines it. Jonathan Anderson's Spring 2019 collection for Loewe is fresh and joyful with colorful prints, fluid cuts, and peeks of transparency. It's a romantic manifesto to any androgynous and dreamy youth, who, despite the brutality of the world around them, has never lost hope of reaching happiness.

CMMN SWDN opened men's fashion week in Paris with a grand entrance. It's against a backdrop of protest against over-consumption and fast-fashion that the duo delivers an androgynous, edgy and effective vision of the millennial wardrobe: lace is tattooed, trousers are high, and shirts are transparent. It's a futuristic look that uses the past to reinvent itself.

An epic crossroads between know-how and barred styling, MCM Spring 2019 was a show that stood on its own. XXL K-Way jackets and raincoats in monogrammed banana-yellow were sprinkled throughout the défilé among a sea of nylon workwear pieces. The result? Run DMC vibe meets rave party in Berlin.

Creative Director Ian Griffiths presented a futuristic and minimalist collection at the Collezione Maramotti museum in Reggio Emilia.

Cruise collections are here and in full force. Yesterday, Louis Vuitton's Cruise 2019 show was held at The Marguerite and Aimé Maeght Foundation in Saint Paul de Vence, France. The collection boasted floral patterns and heavyweight graphics paired with contemporary art and architectural influences. Artistic Director Nicolas Ghesquière also presented a collaboration with iconic writer, illustrator, and fashion editor Grace Coddington.