Alexander McQueen, the 33-year-old Cockney has taken the city by storm. Quite literally! This season he staged his catwalk show in a glassed-in wind tunnel. A bit of a challenge for the models - you try smiling in the face of gale force winds - but, on the other hand, the front row seemed delighted to finally learn that those skinny bitches actually won't blow away in a stiff breeze.

Galliano, another of England's expats, also wowed the audience, both at Christian Dior and at his namesake collection. Anna Wintour's favourite wild-child continued his Oriental circus romp theme this year, with hints of Harlequin clowns in the painted faces and fluffy ruffled blouses.

Bondage seems to be making a comeback. Galliano chose lace-up vinyl drainpipe trousers as his opening look.

A new take on Parisian glamour, perhaps?

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