Christian Lacroix doesn’t really play by the rules of trends. I’m sure he is fully aware that everyone else is doing pleats and neutrals this season, but sod it, why does that matter to him? If he wants to make a multi-coloured, multi-layered, mental collection, then we sure as hell aren’t complaining.

See more of Lacroix’s dreamy collection under le cut.

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Day 3 of the couture shows, and it's time for an appearance by our man Kaiser Karl. Chanel win the prize for best stage set-up, so far. A giant Chanel jacket moulded from concrete piled at the centre of the hall – nice work, Lagerfeld. From behind this beast emerged Karl’s girls in the always eagerly anticipated Chanel couture collection. So – how did he do?

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At the opposite end of the shopping scale to the couture shows... UK budget superstore Primark has just leaked their spring collection to the press.

My good friends over at Catwalk Queen showed the pictures off this evening, and I'm sure everything will be a sell out... Nothing's more than £10, and the only question really is whether or not I can bear to buy something that everyone else and their mother will be wearing...



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Whenever people ask me who my style icon is, I respond Ronnie Spector. This is largely because a lot of people don’t know who she is, and it makes me sound cool. It’s also because no matter how nicely dressed they are, Audrey Hepburn, Gwen Stefani and Carrie Bradshaw are pretty cliché answers. But the main reason I answer with Ronnie is because she’s my hero.



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I have to admit, On Aura Tout Vu aren't a label I'm familiar with. They've been showing at couture week for a couple of seasons now though, so I guess it's time I familiarise myself – especially when there’s creations like this being paraded down the runway…



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