The final day of the catwalk season: Chanel staged a magnificent homage show to Last Year at Marienbad; Nicolas Ghesquière pulls off an agenda-setting collection at Vuitton and A.W.A.K.E. Mode experiments brio.

In a standout moment from this Paris Fashion Week, the Coperni label ended its runway show by unveiling a dress of a whole new kind, literally painted live on Bella Hadid in front of a captivated audience.

Paris Fashion Week Monday: Stella McCartney was all in the family; Thom Browne needed an edit; Zimmermann looked very at-home in Paris, and Lutz Huelle triumphed at AZ Factory.

Henri Alexander Levy showed his latest collection for Enfants Riches Déprimés in France's top-ranked high school the Lycée Henri IV. And for next season, it very well seems that the kids aren't going to be all right. 

Leonard, Christian Wijnants and Giambattista Valli caught the travel bug during Paris Fashion Week, while Issey Miyake paid a touching tribute to its founder, who passed away in August.

Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer's brand made fashion history with a performance that included spraying a dress on Bella Hadid's body. Meanwhile, Andreas Kronthaler celebrated his love for Paris.

Paris Fashion Week weekend: returning warriors from Balenciaga; 'Unboxing' at Valentino; a centennial celebration at Akris; rocker romanticism at Elie Saab, and fashion fiasco at Givenchy

A magnificent show by a Northern Irishman; an impressive debut by a UK star; poetic fashion from a Japanese veteran and a homages to an American. Displays by four foreigner designers made Paris seem uber international.

Haider Ackermann will design the next Jean Paul Gaultier couture collection, to be presented next January during the Paris Haute Couture season. He will follow Olivier Rousteing. 

Paris Fashion Week is all about seeing independent designers, like Christelle Kocher at Koché, Emeric Tchatchoua at 3.Paradis and Jun Takahashi at Undercover. Even if the best show was Nicolas Di Felice for Courrèges.

Balenciaga is the latest luxury actor to join the resale market by partnering up with secondhand startup Reflaunt to give clothes and accessories a new life. 

A final 24 hours of contrasts in the Milan runway season, starring Italy’s single most famous designer and its most mass market brand, Benetton, with the debut of Andrea Incontri; followed by a mass march at Moncler. 

Milan has more busy showroom presentations that most cities have good restaurants. From capsule collections, to fully fledged marques, to hot shoe labels, there are a score most days. 

Hollywood took over Milan Fashion Week on Saturday, with a Kardashian-led Kim X Dolce & Gabbana show; a debut at Ferragamo dedicated to silver screen glamour and some model diversity at Bottega Veneta.

Fashion loves nothing more than a debut, and in a season of five in Milan, Etro went first. Though the star appearance on Friday was by a veteran; a cyberpunk display by Donatella Versace in a major statement.

With 20 years of experience in companies like Bimba y Lola, Cortefiel and Pronovias, the new director is taking over from the Italian Estermaria Laruccia, who has been in charge of the event for the last seven years.