Minimalists be warned! This is not for you. But if you have romance in your soul, delight in the sheer deliciousness of feminine fripperies and finery, than Christian Lacroix’s autumn-winter haute couture collection will thrill you to the very marrow of your bones.

Lacroix is the undisputed master of the overstatement; a man to whom more is always more and who can always discover another place to add a bow, beaded embellishment, fringing and feathers & ...

Elie Saab's models wafted down the runway in clouds of silk chiffon and tulle like angelic Botticelli beauties at his haute couture show for next autumn-winter on Wednesday.

He acknowledged as his inspiration Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel for the muted palette of grey-blues, faded pinks and reddish purples like wine dregs.

Empire-line ballgowns with tightly ruched bodices in shot taffeta were dramatic. He emphasised waists with giant bows, b ...