Thespian fashion

Attending a Karl Lagerfield catwalk must be akin to witnessing an extravagent Oscar-winning film set.

Chanel kicked off the penultimate day of Paris Fashion Week with a monochrome fantasy garden setting at the Grand Palais.

The classic setting was adorned with fountains and a white gravel underfoot, accompanied with their own orchestra.

The A/W '10 collection was dominated by monochrome, juxtaposed with powder pink, meringue lemon and crisp peach.

Black feathers and chunky bejewelled bangles were commonly used as decorative accessories.

 The show heavily featured its trademark tweed trickery, with a model's toddler donning probably the smallest and cutest Chanel tweed suit ever crafted.

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 Sheer black evening dresses completed with feathers also paraded the theatrical stage, while some ragged and some immaculate pastel tweed suits were displayed as staple day wear.