Paris fashion week: Something for the weekend

The Givenchy show was monochrome ... Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP

... with some visors that you're unlikely to see at Wimbledon this year Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP

The big names included Karl Lagerfeld, who seemed to be designing for the modern racing driver Photograph: MAXPPP / TG/EPA

John Galliano's collection for Christian Dior featured swooshing harem pants and kirby-gripped-to-hell hairdos Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

The jewellery at Lanvin made a statement, to say the least Photograph: Orban Thierry/EMPICS Entertainment

We loved the bondage dresses and the strip-panelled tights at Jean Paul Gaultier Photograph: MAXPPP/TG/EPA

At Comme des Garcons the Widow Twanky-esque net face scarf was weird, but the jackets were drool-inducing Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

At Issey Miyake, Liquorice Allsorts made an appearance ... Photograph: Maya Vidon/EPA

... as did comedy glasses (to be seen on Kanye West this time next year) Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters

Maison Martin Margiela went one step beyond with the whole big shoulder thing Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

This is a model wearing a cloud Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

At Bernhard Willhelm's show some models got off lightly by only having to wear a golden banana ... Photograph: Lucas Dolega/EPA

Others had it less good ... Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

... and there were those we actually felt sorry for Photograph: Luca Dolega/EPA

We would like a pair of leopard-print detachable sleeves. These ones are by Gaspard Yurkievich - we're hoping Accessorize jumps on the bandwagon sharpish Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.com

Hussein Chalayan's show was surprisingly normal by his standards. There were no remote control dresses or skirts that worked as furniture, and that made us a little bit sad ... Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

We cheered up, however, when we saw that Junya Watanabe's hair stylist had put Amy Winehouse to shame Photograph: Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images

A rainbow made its way down the catwalk at Jeremy Scott Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters

Finally, our GCSE French can be put to good use: 'a very expensive pullover'. Thank God we understand what Sonia Rykiel means - we'll put our credit cards away Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters