Celine by Hedi Slimane and JW Anderson’s Loewe collection among the trends

From Chanel to Balmain, STYLE went backstage at some of the season’s most high-profile shows.

The industry united to bid ‘adieu’ to the late German designer at his autumn/winter 2019/20 collection show

Loose, flower-power ’70s skirts add clever, colourful twist to dark musings of Italian designer Miuccia Prada’s luxury sister brand

Models and industry peers unite at French brand’s autumn/winter 2019/20 collection show to honour its creative director, who refused a public funeral and died last month

Front-row Hollywood stars such as Emma Stone, Lea Seydoux and Alicia Vikander all approved of the designer’s ‘mash-up’ collection

Highlights included a stunning show by Anthony Vaccarello, creative director of Saint Laurent, and Balenciaga’s collection of superb tailoring. But the spectre of Karl Lagerfeld’s death loomed large over Chanel.

Collection is a classic McQueen balancing act between rigorous tailoring and exuberant femininity

English fashion icon delighted to see the American TV host turn up backstage during her autumn/winter collection show

Leung can be found in fashion styling, photography and modelling when he is not touring with his own band

Large 80s shoulders and ultra-cinched corset-like waists push hyper-femininity to its limits

The love-him-or-hate-him French designer changes tack – after last season’s messy ’80s offerings – with safer, more bourgeois creations

The American designer’s fall/winter ready-to-wear line was inspired by space-age outfits of US glam rock group Kiss – it had the audience gasping and reaching for their cameras

Playful, arty and accomplished ‘Mystic Pilgrims’ collection by the new designer takes the brand in a whole new direction

Maria Grazia Chiuri taps rebellious Teddy Girls from 1950s Britain, while Anthony Vaccarello returns with Opium perfume from trip to late 1970s YSL

Beginning today, Paris Fashion Week will host a number of brands that have adopted aesthetics reminiscent of beloved fashion fixtures, including Rokh, Koché and Mame.

Zhe Shangguan, Sean Suen, Angus Chiang and Yang Li make waves with their creativity

Dior’s fall-winter show at Paris men’s fashion week highlights art and structural suits

Designer’s feminism has been at the core of Dior since 2016

Elegant designs and motionless models, standing on a moving conveyor-belt catwalk, catch the eye at show of Kim Jones, Dior Homme’s creative director

Louis Vuitton show in the former royal Tuileries gardens confirms streetwear guru as the new pretender to the title of king of the catwalk

The six-day event began on Tuesday as the ‘yellow vests’ protests that have been rocking the French capital continue

The Lion City’s newest ‘It’ model is bringing much needed diversity to runways and ad campaigns around the world. The six-foot-tall Singaporean-Indian made her debut at Paris Fashion Week this season.

Parisian style is a perfect storm of messy hair, minimal make-up and a basic uniform somehow magically transformed by a dash of je ne sais quoi. These brands are updating the basics of French style

She freelanced for Alexander McQueen, he learned his trade at Balenciaga and Céline. When Léa Dickely and Hung La launched their label, they said ‘a lot without much’, and fashion world took note.

Kévin Germanier had his eureka moment when he saw a man pouring imperfect fashion beads into a hole on a Sham Shui Po street. He used them to decorate eveningwear and T-shirts that soon won him fans such as Lady Gaga.

From Hedi Slimane’s controversial first collection for Celine, to Michael Kors acquiring Versace, the recent fashion weeks were full of fun, follies and frolics

If PFW is any indicator, women's clothes are destined to go dark next spring, while tiny handbags and outsize glasses will be de rigueur

Show organised by the cosmetics giant features designs by 14 brands including Off-White, Balmain, Elie Saab, Miu Miu and Sonia Rykiel