• The Versace collection, however, is heading off this weekend to Hollywood, where the nominees will rifle through the liquid, jersey draped dresses with their futuristic tattoo patterned corsetry. Courtesy Versace
    The Versace collection, however, is heading off this weekend to Hollywood, where the nominees will rifle through the liquid, jersey draped dresses with their futuristic tattoo patterned corsetry. Courtesy Versace
  • Versace's Grace Jones-inspired hooded gowns would look perfect on someone with a strong sense of style such as Angelina Jolie.Courtesy Versace
    Versace's Grace Jones-inspired hooded gowns would look perfect on someone with a strong sense of style such as Angelina Jolie.Courtesy Versace
  • Hussein Chalayan’s debut at Vionnet, the demi-couture house owned by Goga Ashkenazi, opted for relaxed simplicity with five organza gowns featuring circular laser cut-outs. AFP
    Hussein Chalayan’s debut at Vionnet, the demi-couture house owned by Goga Ashkenazi, opted for relaxed simplicity with five organza gowns featuring circular laser cut-outs. AFP
  • Elie Saab's show featured shimmering, pastel-hued gowns with their signature embroideries. Getty Images
    Elie Saab's show featured shimmering, pastel-hued gowns with their signature embroideries. Getty Images
  • Several of Elie Saab's dresses had trains, which will surely make a dramatic entrance (and exit) on the ­carpet. AFP
    Several of Elie Saab's dresses had trains, which will surely make a dramatic entrance (and exit) on the ­carpet. AFP

In pictures: the best of Paris Haute Couture Week


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We roundup the best looks at Paris Haute Couture Week – from Chanel and Dior to regional designers Elie Saab and Zuhair Murad.