PARIS FASHION WEEK Marios Schwab Showroom

By Alex Fury, 16:26 Sun 05 Oct 2008

More of El Odeh's wares were on display a mere Marais walk away in Marios Schwab's showroom. Taking a decided turn for the commercial this season (then again, hasn't just about everyone?), Schwab was evidently looking to widen his fanbase by offering a piece of Schwab at every level. From t-shirts and swimsuits to buttery suede seperates right through to those spectacular jewelled rope slave dresses (if you have the stomach for both the fit and the price-tag), Schwab managed to give his creativity a sophisticated polish. I personally loved the prints of abstract drapery on silk jersey that was itself draped into complex cocktail dresses, El Odeh's electroplated rope jewellery and this cat's cradle of diamante-strewn twine around a khaki body-con frock.