Winter fashion shows around the world

The Cubans are mad for cubist design, apparently. It's all a little square for us though (sorry) Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Don't worry, that's not a real baby Jesus being precariously toted by a scary Mary. This creation by Ismael de la Caridad at a fashion show in Havana taps into the festive spirit Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

We can't help thinking that this model should be perched on top of our Christmas tree ... Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Ghoulish makeup but great dress from Cuban designer Mario Freixas Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

Here we have the do-it-yourself dinosaur look at a fashion show in Jakarta Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Practical and fashionable are two words you rarely hear in the same sentence Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

It's a little known 'true fact' that Mark Antony won over Cleopatra using his fashion sense alone. Those bedroom slippers would do it for us Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

This design by Maria Ciesielska from the Provocations 2008 fashion show in Poland is entitled 'Brave and Romantic'. We prefer 'Better Go To Specsavers' Photograph: Mirosiaw Trembecki/EPA

This design gives new meaning to the term 'childbearing hips' Photograph: Mirosiaw Trembecki/EPA

'Indian Sundance' from the avant-garde fashion show in Poland. We think the designer spent a little too much time passing around a peace pipe Photograph: Mirosiaw Trembecki/EPA

Poland is known for its bitter winters. Still, the all-in-one body stocking is taking cold prevention a little too far Photograph: Mirosiaw Trebecki/EPA