With fashion month wrapping up in Paris, the focus was right where it should be: on the runways.
Blue is the hottest color
Off-White (left), Elie Saab and Louis VuittonGetty ImagesThis shade dominated the runway in every form imaginable (ruched, ombre, embellished, striped — you name it).
Plastic is fantastic
Marine Serre (left), Maison Margiela and BalmainMARINE SERRE / Getty Images / BALMAINEveryone from flashy heavy hitters such as Balmain to newcomer Marine Serre (formerly of Balenciaga) offered high-voltage takes on this tricky trend.
Kira Kira came to life
Getty ImagesSparkle mania was in full force, but nowhere was it more bonkers than at Giambattista Valli, where models wore rainbow-colored and rose-gold glitter masks.
Shoes were all kinds of crazy
Y/Project (left), Maison Margiela and Saint LaurentGetty ImagesWho’d’ve believed that Uggs would walk the Parisian runways? Cooler-than-thou Y/Project went for it with some majorly slouched boots. Fans of the dad sneaker got Margiela’s exaggerated silhouettes, while stiletto loyalists peeped mohawk-trimmed heels at Saint Laurent.
Curves ahead
Nina Ricci (left), Loewe and Thom BrowneNINA RICCI / Getty Images / ShutterstockWomen’s bodies were on display in a whole new way, from oversize cone-shaped bras at Nina Ricci and bra-topped dresses at Loewe to Thom Browne’s subversive silhouettes. (And don’t forget Browne’s unforgettable finale of dog-head-wearing men on leashes strutting to “Who Let the Dogs Out.”)
Actresses were the new It models
Sadie Sink (left) at Undercover and Elle Fanning at Miu MiuGetty Images“Stranger Things” actress Sadie Sink opened at Undercover earlier this week, while Elle Fanning swapped her usual front-row seat at Miu Miu for the coveted opening spot at the show.
Best in show
Getty ImagesKarl Lagerfeld’s autumnal Chanel set was pure decadence. The designer turned the Grand Palais into a woodsy wonderland, complete with a foliage-littered runway trimmed with trees. It was the perfect setting for the delicious tweed blanket coats sent down the runway that his clientele will be craving when they become available in, well, fall.



