At Paris Fashion Week, Bigger Was Rarely Better

PARIS — Two rather grandiose spectacles bookended the men’s fashion week that ended Saturday. The first was Louis Vuitton’s occupation of the square in front of the Centre Pompidou, which felt like a lengthy exercise in scale that was ultimately little more than a display of colourful bags set against somber clothes; strange considering Pharrell’s familiarity with live performance and Vuitton’s interest in becoming a “cultural brand.”