On The Rack

How much is that doggy in the window? Don't ask: design houses as diverse as Balenciaga (left) and Moschino (right) unleashed all sorts of canine-inspired clothing on runways this season. Fancy a picture of Fido on a shirt, sweater or poodle skirt? It's yours, for a price, from French funny man Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, although you'd be well advised to avoid the poker-playing, puppy-print dress (centre). Woof, woof.

'There's something unnatural about grown women with too much of an attachment to dogs.' Jean-Louis Wolff, fashion photographer

'My grandmother used to make me sweaters like those. I hated them then, too.' Cindy Lam, educator

'Down boy!' Ken Hau, computer analyst