One of the most exciting and highly talked about shows during Paris Fashion Week was the debut of 19 year-old, Brazilian born, Pedro Lourenço – such is the case when fresh blood arrives into town and Brana Wolf, editor-at-large of Harper’s Bazaar (USA), produces your show.

Lourenço caused quite a stir with his fall/winter 2010 collection using PVC, leather, organza and plastic to construct body conscious outfits with dramatic geometric shapes and technically superb panels and layers on each garment.

Describing the inspiration from figures such as “Diana the Huntress, and the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer," Lourenço presented a bold and fearless collection that correlates with the invincible outlook on life many young people have at his age, particularly when you’re on the cusp of entering man hood. What we see is Lourenço's youthful take on the world without compromise to his artistic vision.

For me, the highlights of this collection was the cage-like patterns, or what Hillary Alexander describes as “prison grille,” on the dresses and jackets that is highly reminiscent of the bondage trend popular in the last several seasons.

Images from Style.com