Chanel’s designer Karl Lagerfeld took over a disused wing of Paris’ Grand Palais exhibition hall his venue of choice with a decor of black and white color sketched doors and a giant fresco meant to suggest a genteel thermal resort

Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel was the undisputed king of haute couture, the title race is back on to establish dominance of fashion’s most prestigious league.

The ambition of Dior’s first show under designer Raf Simons – a million flowers on the walls, Princess Charlene of Monaco in the front row, a focus on Dior’s classic New Look.