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See the best from Paris Fashion Week Spring 2015 » While so many Parisians take the weekend to enjoy a quiet cafe et croissant, fashion week picks up the pace, with major designers like Céline, Givenchy and Kenzo showing their Spring 2015 collections to packed houses of editors, street stylers and celebrities alike. A surprise […]

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Check out the best street style shots from PFW » Yesterday at the Paris Fashion Week Spring 2015 shows we saw Lanvin celebrate its 125th anniversary as well as a front row Kimye appearance at Balmain as the duo came to watch Kendall strut down the runway in Olivier Rousteing’s sexy Rihanna-inspired designs. Outside the shows our […]

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It’s no secret that black is fashion’s fallback shade. Instantly slimming and eternally chic, Paris’ front row remains filled with fail-safe dark outfits (despite the sunny forecast, editors are in head-to-toe leather looks). Even baby North West was spotted bouncing on mom Kim’s lap in Balenciaga‘s front row with a tiny black Yeezus tee and leather […]

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See the Paris Fashion Week street style shots » Fashion Month has reached its final destination: Paris. Although we will soon have to say au revoir to the insanity of September, the streets are in an uproar, reminding us that it’s not over yet. And with stars like Michelle Elie and Anna Dello Russo wearing the […]

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See our Paris Fashion Week essentials » It’s hard to believe that fashion month has already reached its final stop. But today in Paris, the Spring 2015 shows will make their final rounds. Inspired by one of fall’s biggest trends, we put together a Tuileries-approved shopping list of mod shift dresses, sparkling Chelsea boots and […]

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See our top Fall 2014 Fashion Week moments »

As summer winds down and we begrudgingly turn our attentions to fall, there’s comfort in the fact that another sure-to-be epic fashion week is just around the corner. Nicolas Ghesquière’s second collection for Louis Vuitton! Alexander Wang’s next trek to Brooklyn (or wherever else he deigns to drag us)! So much to see. But we before we get ahead of ourselves, here we present a roundup of Fall 2014 Fashion Week’s best moments as a preview of what’s to come both on the runways and on the racks. It’s show time!

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Your first time at any international fashion week will teach you a valuable lesson: You need a fur. And not just any Margot Tenenbaum style granny hand-me-down. A fur so intricately patterned, multi-layered and artificially coloured, that it has to be designer. Given its place at the apex of the top Fall 2014 trends, you’d think recessionary times were long gone—it’s virtually everywhere, from a hyper colour mink at Altuzarra to a fluffy red dress at Prada. Wear it with caution or as Dior prescribes, dangle it over your arm like it’s no big d. Let the fur fly, scruples or otherwise.

Jump to: FUR | SWEATER DRESSING | RED, PINK & ORANGE | STATEMENT OUTERWEAR | EMBELLISHMENT | OPTIC PRINTS | NOVELTY BAGS | DARK ROMANCE | ART | POINTY TOE HEELS

See the “A Dozen Girls” photos here »

A new era dawned on the final day of Paris Fashion Week, with Nicolas Ghesquière’s first collection for Louis Vuitton rebalancing the high-design equilibrium offset when he ditched Balenciaga back in November 2012. For Ghesquière devouts, the 48-look collection of pared-back cool girl clothes was like lifeblood. For him, I imagine it was the sartorial echo of Kelis’s sarcasm-filled anthem “Copy Cat” (“Oh come here, copycat! You’re my puppet, you know I love it! You could do it, I did it already”). You know, the Parisian way of saying “Step off, b*tch.”

There’s no comparing yesterday’s show with Marc Jacobs’ glittering spring ode to showgirls, and while choosing between the two would be fashion’s Sophie’s Choice, it looks like someone did: Jeurgen Teller. The German photographer long associated with Marc Jacobs ads turned down the Spring 2014 campaign starring Miley Cyrus, and instead shot an off the cuff lookbook for Ghesquière’s Vuitton collection entitled “A Dozen Girls.” The photographs feature a sampling of the collection on models including longstanding Ghesquière favourite Liya Kebede. Like the show, the photographs are, in a word, flawless.

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You would think that after almost a month of Fashion Weeks with intense schedules, endless fashion shows and plenty of travel time, the fashion elite would be running out of things to wear. But the latest batch of street style shots from outside Paris Fashion Week depict anything but. Some of our favourite street style stars were out in full force, wearing their best and brightest, and enjoying all the fashion frivolities.  Clearly the playful vibes from Chanel’s fashion-show-turned-shopping-centre were infectious.

Besties and fellow editors, Giovanna Battaglia and Anna Dello Russo hammed it up for the cameras atop concrete bollards. Just how ADR got up there without rumpling her floor-length Spring 2014 Valentino, we’ll never know. In a coy twist on a virginal long sleeved lace dress, Kate Foley wore a strip of bright red gaffe tape strategically placed as a pseudo censor bar straight from the Preen Fall 2014 show. Several models fresh off of the Chanel runway proudly showed off their free swag courtesy of the label’s shopping aisles. (We’re more than a little jealous of Anya Ziourova’s Chanel doormat…)

See the Miu Miu Fall 2014 front row »

As Paris Fashion Week wraps up today, the international fashion circuit comes to a close. But as with all good things, the arguably best shows were saved for last. Or rather the most star studded front rows. At this morning’s Miu Miu Fall 2014 show, every pretty young thing turned up to watch the runway; even Jared Leto and his perfectly coiffed hair made an appearance!

Prada/Miu Miu It girl and newly minted Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o was wore a Spring 2014 ruched pink skirt and cropped jacket with an embellished collar in a deep raspberry shade that complemented her skin tone flawlessly. After reportedly introducing herself to all of her fellow front row-ers (so darn polite!), she pulled out some thick framed tortoise shell glasses to enjoy the show. Bad eyesight be damned. Fellow Miu Miu frontwoman Elle Fanning kept things prim and proper, removing her light blue Miu Miu jacket to reveal a yellow houndstooth sleeveless top and matching blue pleated skirt as she sat for the show.

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Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

Photography by Peter Stigter

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Chanel Fall 2014

1. The top spot goes to Chanel, no question. Everything from the faux shipping boxes that we sat on, to the shopping carts, themed accessories and Supercentre pop soundtrack had us eating out of the palm of Karl’s hand. Takeaway boxes of gummy candies in the shape of No. 5 perfume bottles, tweed jackets and camellias were icing on the cake.

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Alexander McQueen Fall 2014

2. Last night’s Alexander McQueen presentation left everyone blown away without distracting from the complexity of the clothing. As Bjork’s “Bachelorette” played, the models walked through a barren landscape with billowing smoke that set off the dark, Icelandic inspiration.
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Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2014

3. Jean Paul Gaultier is never one to shy away from upping the ante on presentation value. Decking his show staff in silvery one-piece spacesuits was an easy way to get into the theme from the get-go.

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4. Hedi Slimane already knows how to draw a crowd—the lineup to get into his Saint Laurent show space snaked down the street and around the corner. A custom commissioned soundtrack, blinding stadium lights and massive gold bars that crisscrossed the runway will only have us coming back for more.

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Charlotte Olympia Fall 2014

5. Special mention goes to Charlotte Olympia, who transformed her entire showroom space into a Far East fantasy. Black lacquered bamboo chairs, carved cabinets, paper lanterns, incense and a full tea service laid her shoe and handbag message out loud and clear.

Over lunch today with the team from Chanel‘s Canadian press office, we couldn’t help rehashing the extravagant spectacle we’d just been lucky enough to witness from the front row. The full grocery store set up included fresh vegetable and cheese stands, along with aisles and aisles of canned goods, cleaning products, cupboard staples and bathroom essentials. More than 400 different products had been assembled and branded with the double Cs and Karl’s witty bon mots (only Chanel can get away with “sacs plus belle” garbage bags and 50% markup posters). This house in particular, has always led the pack with its devotion to creating a lasting impression through a full sensory experience. More and more designers are jumping on the bandwagon, hoping to have editors, buyers and shoppers create emotional attachments to their brands. In a week devoted to clothes, theatrics aren’t necessary, but a fun way to stand out from the pack and further promote your seasonal message. Here are this week’s top shows that pushed the envelope with memorable antics: