Lou Doillon launches with Milla and Mischa

Last week French fashion icon Lou Doillon launched her second ‘Lou Doillon by Lee Cooper’ capsule collection in Paris. A star studded front row by the likes of Milla Jovovich, Mary-Kate Olson, Mischa Barton and her mother Jane Birkin set the tone for the upcoming autumn. It's the second season in a six season deal in which Lou designs, endorses and is ‘the face of’ her own Jeanswear collection, ‘Lou Doillon by Lee Cooper’ AW 08.

The capsule collection is targeted at high-end boutiques and stores, and is designed by Lou for trend savvy girls with a quirky dress sense. The range plays with proportion and scale, and features a ‘tops-turvy dress which can be worn upside down, boyfriend T’s, oversized trousers and denim jackets. Some of Lou’s signature pieces will carry through, like the Betty pencil skirt and Dodger high waisted trousers. If you look at the colour palette for AW08, it translates the story of autumnal Paris. The steely grey of the Eiffel Tower, a midnight blue sky and champagne cream colours against bright oranges and saffron’s, refer to the moods of autumn.

Lee Cooper was founded in Britain in 1908 by Morris Cooper, and is nowadays a designer, distributor, and marketer of banded jeans, clothing, accessories and footwear. The new collection continues the use of XFIT LYCRA ® denim, licensed exclusively to Lee Cooper in Europe.

Image: Lou Doillon, Mischa Barton & Milla Jovovich at AW08 show