| Paris fashion week is now over and the latest | | | | evoke a modernised sense of knights jousting |
| fashion sensations for the autumn/winter 2006 | | | | while the ladies of the court, wearing make up |
| 07 season have been released.The usual stars of | | | | influenced by the paintings of Van Eyck and |
| the haute couture collections, such as the John | | | | Botticelli, paraded along the cat walk. Armorial |
| Galliano designs for Christian Dior, did not | | | | style was further enhanced by milliner Stephen |
| disappoint. The Dior show was themed around | | | | Jones who was brought in to create replicas of |
| medieval armour and the Italian renaissance, with | | | | medieval armour using copper and brass through |
| a touch of Blade Runner thrown in. Helmets | | | | to even less traditional materials such as latex, |
| encrusted with jewels, glass beads and crystals, | | | | beads and feathers. |
| with silver foil, bin liners and pennants used to | | | | |