Paris Fashion Week: Stella McCartney falls for tweed, Chloe reveals understated perfection
It's the last of the major fashion weeks for fall/winter 2012 collections and Globe Style's Amy Verner is there, dispatching from all the big shows at Paris Fashion Week
Paul McCartney and Alicia Keys posed together for a photo before the Stella McCartney show on Monday morning. Sure, they were all smiles before hearing the runwayplay list, which included the electro-rap track I Fink U Freaky by Die Antwoord. “Hey, you call thaaat music?!”JACQUES BRINON
John Corbett (L) as Ian Miller and Nia Vardalos (R) as Toula Portokalos fall in love in the romantic comedy MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
For spring, McCartney played with an oversized filigree pattern that has apparently evolved into this textural jacquard damask. But who could resist such stylized Acanthus leaves (or model Karlie Kloss)!Jacques Brinon
LAUREL CANYON Kate Beckinsale as Alex; Photography by Neal Preston
John Corbett stars as Ian Miller in the romantic comedy MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
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Pop quiz: Who remembers what other Paris ready-to-wear collection also showed squared-off ties? British designer Clare Waight Keller’s play on men’s wear has been styled less formally than at Hermès, but this neck detail is shaping up to be a bona-fide trend.BENOIT TESSIER
Styling can make all the difference between originality and been-there-designed-that. Here, the folded lace tails poking out of this sweater, with its judiciously applied cable tracks, is understated perfection. Add the crimson red skirt and hello easy dressing, 2012.BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS
The needle in a conventional syringe can cause injury and infection through accident or intentional misuse because it stays locked in position. Photo by Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle.Karen Warren
Lately, Parisian designer Vanessa Bruno’s approach makes me wonder whether this is what fictional movie gamine Amelie would dress like, 10 years later. Yes?STEPHANE MAHE
And … no. In fact, the best-case scenario for this sweater is that it stays a ‘runway showpiece’ (translation: never makes it to stores).STEPHANE MAHE
Andrea Martin stars as Toula's vivacious Aunt Voula in the romantic comedy MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING