A model presents a creation from the Fall/Winter 2014/15 Ready to Wear Collection by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week. Christophe Karaba / EPA
The models for German designer Karl Lagerfeld wandered the store, pushing trolleys and browsing the shelves, a sort of tweed-clad microcosm of a shopping population, from teenage mall rats full of attitude to promenading bourgeoisie. Stephane Mahe / Reuters
A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the 2014/2015 Autumn/Winter ready-to-wear collection. Miguel Medina / AFP photo
In true JPG style, he filled his catwalk with interesting characters including elderly punks plus the octogenarian supermodel Daphne Selfe dazzling in a sparkling silver jumpsuit. Yoan Valat / EPA
Giambattista Valli took his usual exquisite prettiness and pepped it up with monochrome animal patterns that appeared felted into the thick mohairs and wool, followed by mixes of scarlet, burgundy and the most delicate pink silks printed with giant roses. Jacques Brinon / AP photo
Models present creations by Giambattista Valli during the 2014/2015 Autumn/Winter ready-to-wear collection. Bertrand Guay / AFP photo
Elie Saab nevertheless continues to dramatically refine his style, this season evoking the strongest character yet in his wearer. Starting with powerful, plain trouser suits that let the cut do all the talking, with slender trousers and sweeping cloak-like coats, he moved on to a dark dip-dye effect in dresses from silk velvet to ribbed wool, in burgundy, pink and blackened mauve. Francois Durand / Getty Images
A model presents a creation from the Fall/Winter 2014/15 Ready to Wear Collection by Lebanese designer Elie Saab. Yoan Valat / EPA
Models wear creation by French fashion designer Hedi Slimane for St Laurent. Michel Euler / AP photo
It was left to Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent to buck the trends, producing an absolutely covetable collection that featured all his rock credentials of custom and a mouthwatering array of Rolling Stones-era chicks, Marianne Faithfull lookalikes, wearing little slip. Michel Euler / AP photo