Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
The City of Light lived up to its reputation as the fashion capital where creativity and daring reign supreme over the bottom line, with innovative Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf delivering a collection of carved-up tulle prom gowns, while Jean Paul Gaultier offered up puffy bum covers and a convex, pregnant lady bustier, writes Jenny Barchfield.
Not the world's most marketable spring-summer 2010 collections, perhaps, but leave that to Milan or Paris. In Paris, we have ideas.
And Naomi.
In one of the highlights of the French capital's collections thus far, supermodel Naomi Campbell strutted her stuff at Russian label Chapurin, wearing only a translucent bustier and a strategically placed swath of silk.
Not only did the 39-year-old hold her own with the other models - most of them less than half her age - but she slayed them.
At Viktor & Rolf, it was the clothing that got slayed: Perfect Barbie princess gowns in tulle were carved like topiary into much more interesting shapes, with the leftover tufts used to adorn cocktail dresses and skirt suits.
Gaultier, the man who gave the world Madonna's pointy bra, was up to his old tricks, serving up a collection of hip-hop-inspired lingerie street wear that included oversized overalls with a built-in cone bra.
Paris' pret-a-porter week moved into high gear on Sunday with shows by Karl Lagerfeld, Belgian critical darling Dries Van Noten, Paris-based heavy hitter Givenchy, as well as US actress Lindsay Lohan's much-anticipated debut as co-designer at flailing luxury label Emanuel Ungaro.
