Neo-Soviet street style is all the rage

Paris

REBEL brand Vetements sent fashion into a spin Sunday with an haute couture show that broke all the rules, appropriating clothes and shoes from 17 other brands and recutting them in its own irreverent neo-Soviet street style.

The most talked about brand in fashion had been invited to show as a guest in the elite, uniquely Parisian events, seen as the pinnacle of exclusive made-to-measure clothing.

But instead of bowing to couture's near century-long tradition of handmade artistry, Vetements called in brands as diverse as Levi's, Mackintosh and Brioni to supply them with their trademark garm…