Feeling Your Feelings Looks Beautiful in Celine S/S27

Here comes Michael Rider at Paris Fashion Week, who sees nothing wrong with wearing your heart on your sleeve.

By Anya Oxyn 25 seconds ago

“BIG EMOTIONS. Emotional dressing.”

Michael Rider opens his notes for Celine S/S27 at Paris Fashion Week with feeling, alongside a straightforward expectation: clothes should “do their job.”

A job with varied descriptions, really, when every wearer sets different terms. There’s practicality to consider, but Rider is astute in understanding that personal style is instinctive. It gets the final word, even if the person can’t fully explain why they became attached to a stack of bangles or why certain pieces just “feel right.”

“Positive obsession” and “high spirits” follow in Rider’s notes, as does the freedom to head out of town. Now in his second year at Celine, he gives the wardrobe similar freedom to move. TailoringTailoringThe craft of cutting, shaping, and fitting garments, especially suits, jackets, and trousers, precisely to the body. Good tailoring relies on structure, proportion, and careful hand and machine work, andGo to Tailoring Glossary, relaxed sportswear, and printed silk can take on work and leisure within the same day without asking the wearer to assume a different character for either.

It’s a lineup worth examining at arm’s length, especially when intricate beadwork and pleats complement the chosen fabrics. The green lizard Cube Frame bag, massive hardware belt, and oversized bumblebee sunglasses? We need those. Rider has a wonderful eye for detail, right down to the toe caps of his pointed pumps.

There were plenty of famous faces to spot at the show, too. SZA, Bae Suzy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Lisa Bonet, Hannah Einbinder, Dan Levy, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Book Kasidet, SEVENTEEN, and TWS were among those in attendance, alongside Earn Earn, Gina Alice, and Qian Sun.

Rider is right to make room for big emotions. They have a funny habit of following us everywhere anyway, including into the wardrobe, where a passing fixation can become the thing we keep reaching for until it feels inseparable from how we want to look. Dressing with emotion gives those fascinations somewhere to live, and at Celine, he’s more than happy to indulge. Everyone, say thank you, Michael!

Photos: CELINE (via Instagram)

Anya Oxyn

Senior Fashion Writer

Formerly a stylist who immersed herself intimately within the Philippine fashion circuit for over three years, Anya has refined her transformative, hands-on experience into an insightful voice for MEGA Asia as a Senior Fashion Writer.

Her editorial pursuit possesses three facets: her time as an essayist during her education at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, her extensive experience in digital media and strategic storytelling, and her belief that fashion has a beating heart deeply intertwined with art, culture, society, and humanity itself that is worth uncovering.

Anya’s versatile pen spans a dynamic range of subjects, including emerging local designers, global luxury houses, beauty trends, film and television fashion analysis, cultural op-eds, major events, and beyond.

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