Canadian born designer Nicolas Andreas Taralis has kept himself under the radar since 2007, now reemerging himself and positioning his brand with full steam in the coming new future seasons. There was elucidations that he was returning, when in a number of high profile publications did his advertising appear, the quill strokes of his sediment name upon a promiscuous looking model with her legs fanned out. His Automne collection show in Paris highlighted that undergarments prominently featured through sheer veils of fabric and in one ensemble, a female model hidden behind a black covering burqa.

The entire mood of the show was slow paced and sombre. A dark and foreboding soundtrack experienced in an Austrian play slowly revealed female models in black long lapel jackets, high knee boots some of which were asymmetrically wrapped. A double breasted jacket became elongated lengthways to produce a buttoned coat and inverted v skirts. There was some industrialisation in side apparatuses that hinged together acting like men’s braces with curtain sleeved capes. Nicholas focused heavily on artisanal tailoring in quilted front vests, the pronounciation of the shapes of many blazers and the men’s collar buttoned shirts. As the music soundtrack continued to simmer, Nicholas evoked a reaction of a monastic solidarity and to clothe the body to its most essential was his resolution. This collection was how he thought he could protect the wearer through distressed leathers and denim, high funnel necks and the kimono ritual of belt tying.