Paris Fashion Week marks the climactic conclusion to a frenzied Fashion Month.
It will host some of the most highly-anticipated collections of the season, including Dior, Valentino, Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen and of course, Chanel.
Every show is a showstopper, with each playing a vital role in dictating which trends will permeate the high street in months to come.
So, what can eager fashion fans expect from the week-long affair, which kicks off on Monday with fashion editor-favorite Jacquemus?
If the New York, London and Milan collections are anything to go by, expect a sartorial smorgasbord consisting of nostalgic prints, political defiance, and hoards of celebrity offspring, peppered with the elevated sense of grandeur that never fails to distinguish the Parisian shows from their predecessors.
One of the most hotly-anticipated shows this season will be Chloé, who announced that Natacha Ramsay Levi would take the reigns following Clare Weight Keller’s migration to Givenchy in March.
This will be her first collection for the French house, which she joined from Louis Vuitton.
Her minimalist-meets-androgynous approach is set to inject a vibrant edge into the bohemian Chloé aesthetic.
For more on what trends, models and famous faces you can expect to percolate the Paris shows, read on, my fashionista friends.
The Trends
If the New York, London and Milan catwalks were anything to go by, the beloved shade-du-jour, millennial pink, isn’t going away anytime soon.
From fuchsia silks at Roksanda and dusty ruffles at Erdem to peachy hues at Mary Katrantzou and Molly Goddard, prepare for a season of rose-tinted love.
Glitter fiends will be delighted to hear that lashings of Studio 54 sequins slid their way into a number of collections this season.
Inaugurated at Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs with glitter-drenched gowns and iridescent sleeves, the trend was fully cemented into the sartorial sphere by none other than Gucci, who revived the globular tack variation by employing it on sweatshirts in a collection inspired by Elton John – Alessandro Michele seldom shies away from the demure.
With a perennial preference for all things sparkly (remember those silver boots?) expect to see this sparkling trend championed in by Saint Laurent.
Romance is making a catwalk comeback too, and we’re not talking the “boy-meets-girl” romcom narrative kind that perpetuates a Richard Curtis film.
Think wallpaper florals at Prada and tulle skirting at Temperley London, set to epitomise modern elegance by accentuating and flattering the feminine form.
The Frow
The Paris shows always boast the starriest of frow-ers.
From the Kardashian clan migrating from Bel Air to Balmain to the French cool-girls like Caroline de Maigret frequenting the frow at Isabel Marant and Commes Des Garcons (whose distinctive aesthetic was deemed so monumental that it set the entire theme for last year’s Met Gala).
Dior tends to boost the most A-listers, with Rihanna, Kate Moss, Sienna Miller and Karlie Kloss all making a stylish appearance last year.
However, fashion’s recent changing of the guards will bring a whole new host of faces to the front row, mostly thanks to the appointment of Edward Enninful, who succeeded Alexandra Shulman as editor of British Vogue in July.
Expect to see him sitting catwalk-side along with BFF – and Vogue’s contributing editor – Naomi Campbell, and Venetia Scott, his newly appointed fashion director.