Heimstone label

They are young, beautiful and talented. Delphine Delafon and Alix Petit are two stylists who met at Michel Klein and who decided to throw themselves in the deep end and start their own label called Heimstone. Their niche: dresses which are retro and at the same time elegant, dubbed “pupitre” (the school desk), “officier” (official) and “motard” (biker), accompanied by leather jackets, knitted gilets and even accessories made with industrial bolts.Their own shop has been open since October 2007, located on rue du Cherche-Midi in Paris.

Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren celebrated 40 years in fashion in 2007 and over the years his style has always remained unchangeable and unique. The show opens with sensible-looking grey flannel outfits and feather hats before leopard print emerges either head-to-toe as a tunic dress or as details on jacket shoulders. Bright orange and purple are two strong colours for next winter, appearing here as a cashmere coat and a full-collared jacket. The country influence is never far away with an inimitable expertise in tartan materials. The lumberjack shirt is worn with a conventional looking pencil skirt while an ethnic patterned overcoat engulfs a slender silhouette and for the evening asymmetrical chiffon and velvet wraparound dresses embroidered with gold thread and feathers look sensational.