Paris Fashion Week: Sacai’s march of must-haves

If you are wearing a T-shirt with a lace panel in back, or a sweater with shirt cuffs, it has something to do with Sacai designer Chitose Abe, who has made her haute hybrid, masculine/feminine sportswear into a booming business over the last couple of years, and influenced a host of other brands while she’s at it.

On Monday at Paris Fashion Week, Abe took many of the spring season’s trends, including Army and Navy uniforms, stripes, eyelet and delicate florals, often combining them in the same look.

The result? A march of must-have pieces, including a fatigue green military shirt dress with pretty floral pleats in back, a Breton sailor stripe dress intricately worked with white lace, and an Army -meets-Navy jacket with buttoned lapels and a romantic peplum.

Black eyelet was worked through plaid on a pleated kilt, and cut into a swingy skirt with pleats on one side. Crisp, cap sleeve shirts in black watch plaid or Army green had contrasting fabric or eyelet in back. And there were bushy fur vests to wear on top, because it’s always winter somewhere in the world, and Abe’s brand is only getting bigger.

The genius of Sacai is each item is a classic, but with that special twist. She’s unstoppable.

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