Each of the 42 looks echoed one dominant idea – that of a fierce late 1980s party girl – with the odd nod to the label's original hallmarks thrown in.
Mr. Slimane's look echoed the sort of bohemian chic of long caftans, peasant blouses, frilly bows, tiered skirts and fringed jackets that Mr. Saint Laurent designed in the 1970s.
In this, Thomas's look echoes the Alaïa outfit worn by Naomi Campbell for her now-famous court appearance in the Hague last year.
After Jay-Z retreated offstage, Nas performed one of his most bruising numbers, "Made You Look," echoing a moment earlier in the day on the second stage, when the Cool Kids, vintage hip-hop fetishists of the highest order, performed a strong set.
For now, Amazon's attention is on consumer adoption – it's busy releasing new products like Echo Look, Echo Show, and third-party hardware sporting the Alexa assistant, as well as rolling out new Alexa features like voice calls.
Granted, the device has always had its hand in the space – in fact, the product is something akin to a nicer looking Echo with a display that you can hang on the wall or fridge.
I spent the rest of the panel discussion looking (to echo a description of Bertie Wooster's Uncle Tom) like a pterodactyl with a secret sorrow.
That downturned face, the artist who no longer looks, is echoed in Freud's portrait of 1952.
Their sideways looks are echoed in another portrait of a young man in striped jersey and woolly hat, leaning on his bicycle, looking off to the left, and again in a picture of a competitor carrying a suitcase.
Instantly captivating our retro-rock globe, much of their sound (and look) echoes British new wave's apex, from 1978-83, as is the bewildering case with almost all our skinny-tied guitar bands.
