Socket and see
While recent beauty innovations have made much of the eyebrow, next summer it’s our sockets that are set to fall into focus. Sparkling shadow and diamanté details embellished the eyelids of the models in the Raf Simons Christian Dior show (pictured), while at Chanel a subtle metallic sheen glistened under the lights of the Grand Palais.
Locked in love
The world’s most lucrative luxury fashion brand chose Paris Fashion Week to launch a series of beautifully crafted gold and silver padlocks. Inspired by the padlocks left by lovers on Paris’s Pont des Arts, the collection will launch in time for Valentine's day. Aww.
The empire strikes back
The East India Company was founded in 1600 and dissolved after the Indian Mutiny in 1857-8 for being too powerful. Next season, however, a new design team will see the company resurrected. Expect elegant evening gowns with decadent couture details.
No-frills pedicure
Vivienne Westwood has never been one to splash the cash. It came as little surprise, then, that the designer should choose a pristine shade of polish with a striking resemblance to Tippex with which to decorate the toes of the models who walked in her show. It’s DIY beauty gone mad.
Don’t believe the hype
Where victims of their own grandeur are concerned there is none that compares with Saint Laurent’s newly appointed creative director Hedi Slimane. Having sent shock waves through the industry when it was announced that he would rechristen the name of the house’s ready-to-wear brand, many expected a collection that would entirely redefine the label. In reality, Slimane didn’t come close. Although a Twitter spat with Cathy Horyn of the New York Times ensured he hit the headlines.
The rest is noise
Forget fabrics that are pleasant to the touch — textiles that squeak, swish and crunch as we walk are all the rage for next year. Such sportswear fabrics were a major trend in the collections of Karl Lagerfeld and Miu Miu (pictured), while PVC with squeak appeal is the surprise hit of the season with those on the front row
