Lemaire Menswear Autumn 2015

Eagle-eyed readers will have spotted that the label formerly known as Christophe Lemaire has lost its first name. Speaking backstage before this show, Lemaire said the deindividualization of the brand name was to reflect the collaborative nature of his work, both with his partner, Sarah-Linh Tran, and with the other members of his 12-strong team. "We thought it was time to clarify and reboot, to give it a family name which reflects that we are very much a design duo," he said. Tran chipped in: "It's also to say that what we do is about teamwork—people working for a name, yes, but a less personified one than before." Lemaire's brand politics may have been liberalized, but his core menswear manifesto remains firm: "It is always about the idea of showing a man who is steady," he said. Fall 2015's articulation of that Mr. Reliable was based on Alexandre, the amorously entangled protagonist played by Jean-Pierre Léaud in