Top Trends of Paris Fashion Week

After nine events of catwalk presentations, Paris Fashion Week ended March 7, with a few of the world's most prestigious fashion brands showcasing their Fall/Winter 2012 collections. This is a roundup of a few of the biggest trends to leave the event, where leather started in all shapes and sizes and green emerged like a contender to Milan and New York's omnipresent orange.

Not so great for ticklish fashionistas for Fall 2012 because feathers counseled me over Paris Fashion Week; with huge froths of pink plumage stealing the show at Alexander McQueen and models' faces being obscured by ornate feather creations in the Peachoo and Krejberg show. Other labels went for any more subtle accept the trend, with Zuhair Murad offering cocktail dresses decorated in sequins and feathers, Lv adorning Edwardian-influenced creations with feathers and jewels and Andrew Gn embellishing blouses with lace and feather appliqués.


An Eastern influence might be seen with a number of shows, having a Japanese blossom motif being embroidered onto chiffon blouses in the Leonard presentation and deconstructed kimonos making a direct effect at Maison Martin Margiela. Blousons with kimono had been seen at Damir Doma, Eastern-inspired and kimono shapes prints separated itself at Dries Van Noten. Japanese animation was referenced in the Mugler show, where models channeled in huge shouldered creations with hoods.

The information of choice at Paris Fashion Week needed to be leather, using a string of black leather creations like cape, jumpsuit, shorts, and a trench coat opening the Valentino show. The information was just as ubiquitous at Yves Saint Laurent and Givenchy, with highlights on the former such as a long-sleeved leather tunic. Rogues loose-fitting red and brown leather pants and black leather pleated skirts accessorized with long black leather gloves. Hakaan went all-leather ensembles in burgundy, while leather harness detailing added edge at Arzu Kaprol.


As the domination of orange, neons and metallics seen through the previous fashion capital presentations continued into Paris, green seemed to be having a noteworthy moment. The Kenzo show began with several moss green pieces, while animal motif sweaters arrived brighter shades and green made a direct effect at Chanel. At Hermès, woolen coats and capes in bottle and officer greens made the feeling, while floral detailing and green fur evoked the impression of a forest at Lanvin and also at Adrian Runhof flowing sheer creations echoed green foliage.


Paris Fashion Week couldn't survive complete without some sparkle, and also this came aplenty because of the dominance of bejeweled creations. Models using their jewel-adorned eyebrows even walked a runway of glistening granite sand at Chanel's sparkling mineral-themed show, and at Vivienne Westwood jeweled Elizabethan-style tops took the show. Bejeweled jacket buttons were seen at Lv, where huge Swarovski adornments created for seriously blingy train cases. Meanwhile, at Balmain, pearl and crystal embellishment was everywhere, with late actress Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection providing a resource of inspiration for your collection.