This Cheeky Fashion Collection Reminds Us About The Dog-Eat-Dog World

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That fashion is a dog-eat-dog world was perhaps the message from French designer Julien David, whose models for fall-winter previews all donned comic canine masks.

The looks — featuring huskies, Dalmatians, poodles and bulldogs — endowed David’s 22 designs with a sense of surreal fun and dog-style relaxation. The models posed during Wednesday’s ‘show’ sitting on chairs next to tables decorated with cards games and dominos, or slouched on a couch, as fashion insiders chuckled and snapped their cameras.

It was clever stage-managing by David, one of the rising stars in Paris menswear, to highlight his signature casual style. His clothes — baggy denims with turn-ups that revealed pulled-up wooly socks and white-laced sneakers — were just that.

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Francois Mori/AP Photo

Francois Mori/AP Photo

Francois Mori/AP Photo

Francois Mori/AP Photo

Francois Mori/AP Photo

Francois Mori/AP Photo

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