A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Stella McCartney as part of her fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008. Godfry Deeny, European Editor of Fashion Wire Daily, believes the secret to Stella's great success is that, unlike many designers, she makes clothes for real women.
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Stella McCartney as part of her fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008. McCartney has built her career on correctly guessing what other women really want. Next winter, she sees them wrapping up in oversized coats in fuzzy gray felt or rich double faced cocoa wool.
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Stella McCartney as part of her fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008.
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Stella McCartney as part of her fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008.
A model wears a creation by British fashion designer Stella McCartney as part of her fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008.
Valentino
Models wear creations by Italian fashion designer Alessandra Facchinetti for Valentino fashion house during her Fall-Winter 2008-2009 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. The collection is Facchinetti's first for Valentino since its legendary founder retired in January.
Models wear creations by Italian fashion designer Alessandra Facchinetti for Valentino fashion house during her Fall-Winter 2008-2009 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. Critics say Facchinetti, 35, displayed grace under pressure in her Valentino debut, sending out slim dresses with ruffle details and clean tailored coats with full volumes in the back.
Models wear creations by Italian fashion designer Alessandra Facchinetti for Valentino fashion house during her Fall-Winter 2008-2009 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Alessandra Facchinetti for Valentino fashion house during her Fall-Winter 2008-2009 ready-to-wear collection in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
Italian fashion designer Alessandra Facchinetti appears after her Fall-Winter 2008-2009 ready-to-wear collection for Valentino fashion house in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
Celine
A model wears a creation by Croatian designer Ivana Omazic for Celine's fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008. Omazic sculpted high-tech fabrics into billowing parkas with parachute hems or coats with bulb-shaped sleeves in her collection for Celine, inspired by extreme sports and flowers.
A model wears a creation by Croatian designer Ivana Omazic for Celine's fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008. "There is this general idea that either you're very elegant and chic, either you're very comfortable. Why shouldn't you be both at the same time?" says Omazic.
A model wears a creation by Croatian designer Ivana Omazic for Celine's fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008.
A model wears a creation by Croatian designer Ivana Omazic for Celine's fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008.
Croatian designer Ivana Omazic acknowledges applause at the end of her fall-winter 2008-2009 ready to wear collection for Celine in Paris, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008.