Sharon Wauchob is Irish, attended London’s Central St Martins school, designs for Edun in New York and shows her own eponymous line in Paris.

So who is the Wauchob woman? “It’s more a matter of using what is available and specific to the country,” Sharon told us backstage after the show, “For instance France has incredible, unique lace and pleating techniques.”

Indeed, Sharon, who previously worked on textiles at Louis Vuitton is growing to be an expert at fabric treatment. Her collection, shown last night in Paris’ Beaux-Arts school, is a game of laces, playing on the subtlety of layering two sheer fabrics, contrasting fur and fishnet-like broderie anglaise.

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