Andrea Crews

PARIS--For those of you who don’t know Maroussia Rebecq aka Andrea Crews, she is what Christopher Kane is to England-–except she shows in a city where, unlike London, experimentation is rare and often frowned upon (trust me on that one, I grew up in Paris, and anything but black received a cold sneer). Her brand is also an art collective: not only does the designer and her team make clothes mostly out of recycled garments, but they also have frequent, wild performances all over town. By now, Maroussia’s shows are known to be the most eccentric and humorous of Paris Fashion Week.

Some designers are as famous for the cheeky, multi-referential clothes as much as the ecstatic, Studio 54-like atmosphere of their catwalks. Paris has