Draping the vast space of the Left Bank's Ecole Des Beaux Arts in chocolate brown velvet curtains, Van Noten sent out one of his best collections to date to a soundtrack of slushy love songs. The models - led by British girls Erin O'Connor and Stella Tennant - with unruly bobbed hairstyles and glitter eye make-up, stepped out in an artful mix of richly coloured tweed coats, rose print silk dresses, devoree velvet kimonos, calf-length skirts, cropped trousers and chunky knit cardigans in soft, washed-out shades lit up by the occasional burst of bright apple green. And the odd touch of oriental embroidery, shimmery beading or delicate floral applique added a romantic appeal to even the simplest of his designs.
