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The top 7 must-have trends from Paris fashion week that you don’t have to wait until spring to wear

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Photography by Richard Bord/WireImage

Fashion peeps never play by the rules. Just because the calendar says fall doesn’t mean you can’t get a jumpstart on your spring wardrobe. Here’s your shopping short list. Game on!

1. Fringe, fringe, and more fringe. Barbara Bui showed shaggy cropped jackets with row upon row of the swingy stuff.

2. Midnight blue. No, it’s not navy, people. It’s midnight blue and it looks fabulous paired with black à Nina Ricci.

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Paris notes: Balenciaga and Zac Posen turn fashion classics on their ears [gallery]

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Stella Tennant walks in the Balenciaga Spring 2011 show. Photography by Peter Stigter

Fashion’s future and past went head-to-head, back-to-back yesterday and it was no contest. Both Zac Posen and Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga took fashion classics and turned them on their ear. Read more »


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Dispatches from Paris: Brocade at Balmain, colour blocking at Balenciaga and sequinned booties at Barbara Bui

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Parisians sure take their fashion trends seriously. Everyone here–from babies to grannies–is wearing Breton stripes, even though it’s still parka weather. The catwalks, meanwhile, are taking a walk on the wilder side for fall 2010.  As of day three, the rich rocker chic dominates as the new icon of Parisian style. There were velvet brocade frock coats (think Mick Jagger) and mini-dresses embellished with gold chains at Balmain, croc leggings and booties embroidered over and over again with metallic sequins and fringe at Barbara Bui (see the video above). An emerging trend: colour blocking and patchwork, both dark and moody, or sweetly sci-fi as at Balenciaga.

Click the images below to see looks from Balmain and Balenciaga
Read more from Paris Fashion Week Fall 2010


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Paris: Stella McCartney, Giambattista Valli, Viktor & Rolf and Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2009

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STELLA MCCARTNEY Fall 2009. Photography by Peter Stigter

“God, who are they photographing?” I keep asking, as the crowd of shooters seems rooted to the spot over some unfortunate soul in the front row at Stella McCartney.  It’s not Thandie Newton, it’s not Kanye West, it’s not Beth Ditto (who comes in at the very last minute with a six-person entourage). Who could it be? Finally they move away. Oh rigggght. Paul McCartney. That guy. Read more »


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