Although there was a touch of the hospital scrubs at Prada, it was 1930s icon La Baker who inspired this season’s collection, particularly the models’ waved hairdos Photograph: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
What if 1950s pin-up Bettie Page starred in South Pacific? That was John Galliano’s starting point for the Christian Dior collection this season. Sailor caps on Bettie Page fringes – plus 21st-century Technicolor makeup Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Feature/Everett Collection / Rex Feature
To be precise, Joan on a cruise. Think high-voltage glamour with exotic details and a slightly OTT, glossy model strut Photograph: ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images
Snow White combines innocence and romance in a fairytale forest, ergo she is the perfect muse for a gingham/floral collection complete with T-shirts featuring the Disney heroine herself Photograph: Allstar Collection/Cinetext/DISNEY/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
Aristocratic androgyny and a lick of Angie’s handsome femininity informed Richard Nicoll’s hit collection Photograph: News Ltd/Newspix / Rex Features/News Ltd/Newspix / Rex Features
The rebellious royal offered the ideal mix of sophisticated and wayward for Christopher Kane’s neon ladylike collection Photograph: PA/EMPICS
Inspiration for the current Diane von Furstenberg collection struck when the designer and her new creative director Yvan Mispelaere saw a retrospective of the dancer in Paris. Cue crisp, light sportswear and draping Photograph: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images
Runaways-era Joan Jett wigs stormed the catwalk at Marios Schwab and Jean Paul Gaultier. Gaultier even played I Love Rock’n’Roll to match Photograph: David Redfern/Redferns
