Trying to work it dressed as a milkmaid is harder than you might expect, as demonstrated at Christian DiorPhotograph: FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty ImagesLittle Bo Peep sans sheep is seen stalking the Christian Dior runwayPhotograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.comWe like to think this is Dior's interpretation of the ocean, complete with frothy-topped wavesPhotograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.com
Elizabeth I is looking good for a 476-year-old Photograph: Tony Barson/WireImage.comA modern-day Medusa stalks the Giorgio Armani showPhotograph: JACKY NAEGELEN/REUTERSBut all of a sudden it goes all spray-on Orient Express Photograph: Rex Features/Sipa PressThen a return to acres of billowing fabric on this geisha-inspired numberPhotograph: Tony Barson/WireImage.comKeeping Christophe Josse in business, clowns flocked to his Paris show to lust over this pretty pink creationPhotograph: MAYA VIDON/EPAJosse's fabulously huge oyster shell shoulders take this dress to new heightsPhotograph: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty ImagesRobocop meets strange floaty kaftan in this mind-bendingly odd creation from Felipe Oliveira Baptista Photograph: Marc Susset-Lacroix/WireImage.comA peaked helmet is necessary when wearing this ensemble to shield the wearer's eyes from their own reflectionPhotograph: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty ImagesStéphane Rolland updates the LBD with an intriguing red-hot shift. Note the Michael Jackson-style cut-off glovesPhotograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.comChannelling Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love ladies, Stéphane Rolland's collection adds to the wealth of designers revisiting the 80sPhotograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.comThe colour? The cut? The shoes? Is there anything to like about Adeline André's shapeless sheath? Photograph: BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS
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