Paris Fashion Week: Floral Prints and High Collars Grace Giambattista Valli’s Runway

Ladylike dressing with a twist.

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Paris Fashion Week: Floral Prints and High Collars Grace Giambattista Valli’s Runway

1980s glam makes a Paris comeback as Chanel stays classy

It was back to the future on the Paris catwalks Tuesday as Chanel cleverly tweaked its back catalogue only for Saint Laurent to revive a look that some thought best forgotten. In what could be his last show for the label, designer Hedi Slimane — the man credited with the skinny black jeans look and making grunge glam — was judged to have given the brand “the finger” by parodying its founder Yves Saint Laurent's least glorious period. The hugely-influential Women's Wear Daily was scathing about his collection which went hell for shiny snakeskin leather for late 1980s vamp, claiming that it was drawing on a time when “Yves Saint Laurent was well past his creative prime”.

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1980s glam makes a Paris comeback as Chanel stays classy

Agnes b, the French style mogul who hates fashion

“I don't like fashion,” said the French designer Agnes b. For someone who has spent four decades at the top of the fashion tree, it is a curious confession to make. “I like clothes,” she added quickly as she put the final touches to her autumn winter collection before her Paris fashion week show Tuesday.

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Agnes b, the French style mogul who hates fashion