Clashing collar
It wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that Miu Miu’s pointed, printed collars were the fuel that stoked the removable collar trend fire. Hanneli proves as usual that clashing prints really can work wonders.

With each instance of Paris fashion week (PFW) that rolls around, the Parisian streets become a runway of their own as the most stylish of the industry attend the top fashion shows. From the luxury fashion houses to edgy French labels, Paris fashion week sees the spring / summer and autumn (fall) / winter collections taking to the runway at both men’s and women’s dedicated fashion weeks. Below you’ll find coverage of Paris fashion week 2012 and past years such as PFW 2011 and PFW 2010.
It wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that Miu Miu’s pointed, printed collars were the fuel that stoked the removable collar trend fire. Hanneli proves as usual that clashing prints really can work wonders.
Collette Dinnigan does ‘pretty’ well. She does ‘elegant’ well too. And that’s what the designer (mostly) delivered on her autumn / fall 2012 runway at Paris fashion week.
If we can be thankful of one thing, it’s that Elie Saab showed his fall 2012 collection on the last day of Paris fashion week. For it was a collection that gave the week a polished finished, a heavy infusion of glamour, and paid no credence to the masculinity and volume that has occupied the mind of many a fashion week designer.
It’s beginning to look like the trend that won’t: fall 2012‘s masculine motif. We’ve seen it on plenty of runways, but seldom is it done in such a way that we’ve been left thinking “instant hit”. And we didn’t see an instant hit on Miu Miu’s fall 2012 runway, of this we can be sure. What did see, however, is a fashion brand that has …
A mix of studded leather and floating sheer doesn’t just join toughness and femininity together in wedded bliss, it also makes for a billowy vision against the Paris wind. Against the bustle going on outside the Dior showing at Paris fashion week, Fashionising.com’s Allan Barger snapped this outfit which you can view in animated form after the break.
View all the detailed photos of the Collette Dinnigan autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the photos of the beauty & make-up at the Elie Saab autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the photos from backstage at the Elie Saab autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the catwalk photos of the Maison Rabih Kayrouz autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the detailed photos of the Miu Miu autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the photos of the beauty & make-up at the Talbot Runhof autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the detailed photos of the Talbot Runhof autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the catwalk photos of the Talbot Runhof autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the photos of the beauty & make-up at the Allude autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the detailed photos of the Allude autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the catwalk photos of the Allude autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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View all the detailed photos of the Louis Vuitton autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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The traditional runway photos do it no justice, so here’s a more complete look at Chanel’s fall 2012 runway as the show draws to a close.
View all the photos from backstage at the Paul & Joe autumn (fall) / winter 2012 showing at Paris fashion week.
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