Paris Fashion Week-Fall/Winter 2010: The Best of the Rest...

Here are the looks I liked from some of the other Paris Fashion Week shows...

Jean Paul Gaultier's haute gypsy collection has given me an excuse to those neon colored AA have been too shy to wear out of the house!

Nina Ricci hasn't been the same since the departure of Olivier Theyskens but Peter Copping may have begun to come into his own this season with his romantic, feminine collection.

Like YSL the Rick Owens collection had surreal nuns but rather than cloistered and passive they were powerful and in possession of their aggressive sexuality. Looking past the usual Gothic styling the pieces can be worn and loved by any woman- the leather jackets with skinny jeans or girlie cocktail dresses, the dresses without the tights and leather and fur can be traditionally sexy for a date and the skirts and tops can easily be turned professional for the office.

Dior Fall/Winter 2010

For the past couple of seasons I've felt that John Galliano's collections for Dior were too literal in their influences especially for ready-to-wear. They were repetitive and so much less inspiring than his past shows.

But just as I thought he had lost his touch he turns out a simply beautiful collection! Yes it rehashes his obsession with British equestrienne life but for all the leather and jodhpurs there was interesting knitwear pieces, and tiny chiffon pieces that would be just as beautiful on a date in Manhattan as they would as a formal dinner for 12 at your country estate. My favorite pieces were the most lingerie inspired and, of course, I always have a weakness for thigh highs so there was plenty to covet!

Click on the thumbnails to check out my favorite looks from the collection...