Whenever creative director Anthony Vaccarello delivers a new Saint Laurent collection, it is a seismic event, so it is little surprise that so many braved the rain for Tuesday's spring/summer 2023 show at Paris Fashion Week.
Watching on from the front row was model Hailey Bieber, the wife of singer Justin, as well as Rose from one of South Korea's hottest bands, Blackpink.
Also spotted was actress Zoe Kravitz, alongside actress Bruna Marquezine, the partner of footballer Neymar.
Model Anja Rubik, who has been a muse to the designer Vaccarello long before he joined the house of Saint Laurent, also turned up, as well as a tranche of modelling royalty, including Kate Moss, Shalom Harlow — who found fame as the model being spray-painted at the spring/summer 1999 show by Alexander McQueen — and Jerry Hall with her daughter Georgia May Jagger.
Model Eva Herzigova donned a full-length coat for the event, posing for the cameras with ex-model Carla Bruni, who is married to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Also at the event was Baptiste Giabiconi, who was the favourite model of the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.
The show had Vaccarello embrace the slinky sleekness of the 1980s with a pared-back presentation in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. The creative director offered looks based on a similar slim-line silhouette, with form-fitting tube dresses, belted silky pyjama suits and jackets with shoulder pads, which moved into leather blousons and a floor-grazing wool coat with squared-off shoulders.
For the first big day of Paris Fashion Week, the two biggest names presenting could not have been more different, with Dior focusing on artisanal looks in contrast to Saint Laurent's homage to the 1980s.
Scroll through the gallery below to see more of Saint Laurent and Dior's shows at Paris Fashion Week
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Sheer tube dresses were teamed with oversized leather jackets at the Saint Laurent spring/summer 2023 fashion show in Paris. AFP -
A hooded and draped dress. Getty Images -
Wrapped and noted, a dress from the new spring/summer 2023 collection by Saint Laurent. Getty Images -
A tubular dress in metallic leopard print. Getty Images -
A simple dress is teamed with a coat with exaggerated shoulders. Getty Images -
Skillful drapery. Getty Images -
A floor-length leather coat. Getty Images -
A blouson leather jacket. Getty Images -
Several versions of the same silhouette made an appearance at the Saint Laurent spring/summer 2023 show. Getty Images -
Power shoulders at Saint Laurent. Getty Images -
A stomacher corset with floral trousers at Dior spring/summer 2023. Getty Images -
Many looks were pieced from delicate lace, including this drop shouldered look for Dior. Getty Images -
Models wear shorts with full overskirts. Getty Images -
Many of the looks were worn with shoes that felt resurrected from the Galliano years at Dior. Getty Images -
A trench coat is given a widened collar at Dior spring/summer 2023. Getty Images -
A trench coat decorated with a city map. EPA -
Other details included roomy shirts and skirts with smocked tops. Getty Images -
Pieces of lace sewn onto a tulle dress. Getty Images -
A dress pieced from hand-made lace. Getty Images -
Woven from gold metallic thread, a crinoline mini dress with gold woven gloves. Getty Images
