Paris Fashion Week: the 5 biggest trends from the runway

Paris has long been a leader in art, architecture and music, distinguished by its historic joie de vivre, and its standing as the holy grail of high fashion.

As its style marathon, the nine-day Paris fashion week for autumn/winter 2019, drew to a close, we bade adieu to fantastic shows, dazzling celebrities and fun street styles. At the same time, protests by the yellow-vests movement were continuing on the streets of the City of Lights.

Fashion has reflected and projected social issues for a long time. This season’s trends flutter between the bourgeois world, highlighted by Celine by Hedi Slimane, and practicality, represented by J.W. Anderson’s Loewe collection, complemented by the silent roar at Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto’s despairing forebodings about the future.

Here were the biggest trends on the Paris runway.

Checkerboard game

Maria Grazia Chiuri of Dior dedicated the autumn/winter 2019 show to Britain’s post-war era by presenting a collection highlighted with tartan and plaid. Elsewhere, Virgil Abloh hosted his off-White show on a checkerboard, while Nicolas Ghesquière of Louis Vuitton turned the house’s signature monogram onto miniskirts; Celine’s Hedi Slimane and Lanvin’s new creative director Bruno Sialelli both had a retro play with the pattern.

Statement earrings