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Jean Colonna

  • Nightlife fashion
  • Deconstruction
  • Slinky silhouettes

Jean Colonna developed a slinky, deliberately disheveled fashion language associated with Paris nightlife. His turn-of-the-millennium collections mixed damaged denim, exposed seams, reconfigured garments and revealing cutouts.

Portrait of Jean Colonna
Courtesy Delvaux · Copyrighted; see source

Five looks to know

Jean Colonna — Look 1 — Jean Colonna, Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Jean Colonna — Look 1

Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear collection.

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Jean Colonna — Look 16 — Jean Colonna, Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Jean Colonna — Look 16

Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear collection.

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Jean Colonna — Look 31 — Jean Colonna, Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Jean Colonna — Look 31

Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear collection.

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Jean Colonna — Look 47 — Jean Colonna, Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Jean Colonna — Look 47

Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear collection.

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Jean Colonna — Look 62 — Jean Colonna, Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Jean Colonna — Look 62

Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear collection.

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Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Spring 2000 Ready-to-Wear

1 piece

About Jean Colonna

Rather than relying on polished conventional luxury, he used layering and surface disruption to give familiar garments a harder, more subversive character.