Catwalk tour: rounding up the top men's fashion week venues from A/W 2015 | Wallpaper

Interior design of a catwalk for a menswear collection

Valentino: Designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were inspired by non-conformist movements in art history for their A/W 2015 menswear collection, which also applied nicely to the contrasting interiors of the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris

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By Eleanor Vousden

last updated 7 October 2022

Interior design of a catwalk wtih high ceilings and classical walls — Valentino: The neo-classical walls and grand ceilings were juxtaposed with bright geometric carpets designed by Australian artist Esther Stewart

Fashion runway with floating asteroids — 3.1 Phillip Lim: Zero gravity appeared to takeover Phillip Lim's Paris set with floating fragmented asteroids casting impressive shadows down the runway. Formed of sand and resin filled mesh, the rocks were sliced in half to reveal a glittering core of metal and laminates for an out of this world textural effect

Fashion runway with a row of seats in the centre for musicians — Dior Homme: An imposing shroud of black curtain was lifted to reveal a row of 32 string musicians seated against their music stands at Dior Homme. The shrill sounds of the strings were masterfully mixed with electronic beats for a sensational symphony within the Tennis Club de Paris

Serene interior of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs — Berluti: The serene interior of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs was elegantly reflected in Berluti's long, rippling runway that was mirrored under foot

Lace up shoes floating by helium balloons — Berluti: Further adding to the magic of the evening presentation was an intallation of the house's iconic lace-ups floating in mid-air, courtesy of clusters of helium balloons

Bright green vegetation and a soil track runway — Ermenegildo Zenga Couture: Urban Production and Federico Tiezzi set the alpine scene at Ermenegildo Zegna Couture with bright green vegetation and a soil track runway. The presentation was inspired by Oasi Zegna, a nature park in the Biella Alps, Piemonte, launched in 1993 as an extension of Ermenegildo Zegna's environmental and sustainability values. And staying true to Zegna's roots, the trees were dutifully re-planted on site after the show

Fashion runway with lit up towers in the background — Dsquared2: To celebrate the Italian brand's 20th anniversary, the Caten brothers began their A/W presentation with a video reel of their all time favourite show spaces, spanning the last two decades. This season was equally as spectacular, set amongst the towering sculptures of German artist Anselm Kiefer at the Hangar Bicocca museum in Milan

Fashion runway in a marble effect room — Prada: Aptly named 'The Infinite Palace', AMO's latest Prada catwalk collaboration was defined by a labyrinth of inky hued faux marble rooms

Runway with aluminium tunnels — Prada: Each room was interconnected by floor-to-ceiling aluminium tunnels that appeared to stretch on endlessly like an optical illusion

Futuristic fashion runway — Prada: The venue's hyper-futuristic chambers created an intimate, albeit abstract, landscape from which to view Mrs Prada's A/W collection

Fashion runway illuminated by bright fluorescent lights — Canali: With suspended bars of glowing neon scattered about the venue, production company Outfit Milano re-imagined Andrea Pompilio's vision of an impeccably dressed man walking down the street, his fine clothing illuminated by bright fluorescent lights

Fashion runway located in a grand marble ballroom — Roberto Cavalli: The Italian designer's show was held in a grand marble pillared ballroom of Palazzo Serbelloni on Corso Venezia, complete with elegant chandeliers and a mosaic tiled floor

Fashion runway with multiple old pieces of furniture — Givenchy: Just outside the Les Invalides in Paris stood a large tent that held Riccardo Tisci's A/W 2015 showcase. The set resembled a curiosity shop of vintage television sets, bicycles and every chair imaginable, while a glittering red-carpet zigzagged its way around the mismatched seating

Fashion runway with colourful stools — Kenzo: Held within the Philharmonie de Paris, the city's brand new concert hall designed by Jean Nouvel, Kenzo's guests watched the A/W show from brightly coloured, custom-made rubber resin stools, overlooking large glass windows that revealed a panoramic view of the Parisian skyline

Dark fashion runway room — Lee Roach: Taking cues from the reversible interiors and exteriors of Lee Roach's garments, D/ARK's London Fashion Week installation created an illusionary space as light travelled through the fabric interior and exterior of the set

Fashion runway located within an industrial warehouse — Raf Simons: Guests at Raf Simons' A/W show once again stood to attention around the designer's dual elevated runways, staged within a large industrial warehouse on the outskirts of Paris.

Glass walled fashion runway — Louis Vuitton: The glass walls of the Parc André Citroën showspace in Paris, coupled with Kim Jones' semi-transparent set, made a light and airy offering for Louis Vuitton's A/W 2015 presentation that referenced British designer Christopher Nemeth's collective/shop, The House of Beauty and Culture, from London's 1980s retail icon: Kensington Market. Here, the interior style of the store, Frick and Frack, was nostalgically reimaged across the channel

Fashion runway held at a caged boxing ring — Philipp Plein: The German designer's caged boxing ring, conceived by production impresarios Villa Eugenie, was made even more mesmerising by the simple fact that the martial arts show spectacle took some six days to construct within Milan’s Teatro Alcione

Fashion runway with metal scaffolding bars — Versace: Constructed from metal scaffolding bars, the house's Medusa logo took on a new industrial guise for Versace's Milan menswear show

Versace written using metal construction bars — Versace: The house's typography was also rewritten in the same metal construction bars

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Philipp Plein Prada Raf Simons Kenzo 3.1 Phillip Lim Berluti Canali Louis Vuitton Dior Dsquared2 Ermenegildo Zegna Fashion Week Show Venues Roberto Cavalli Valentino Versace

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