CHANEL

PLANET Chanel; the global power of Chanel; globe-trotting Chanel-style; taking over the Chanel world; it's a small Chanel world after all: with a huge globe sitting in the centre of the Grand Palais this morning, spinning as it went and with CC flags all over to show its worldwide prowess and Daft Punk's Around The World playing out the models, there was simply no end to the puns that one could come up with to link the world of Chanel to, well, the world and the effect it has on it. It's fair to say that Karl Lagerfeld has pretty much conquered it and it's one we all want to inhabit, the effect of that CC akin to its own type of fashion gravitational force. 

And if the world did turn on an actual Chanel axis, it would look a little something like this: high collars on tweed aviatior coats; fluffy pink and teal hats to match; chain-enlaced biker boots or glossy patent styles riding high up the leg to meet a mini or pleated skirt; more coats in pink and black and either belted or cocoon-soft to reiterate the streamlined and aerodynamic shapes that were the focus here.

There were slit-front skirts to show off shorter ones beneath and gaiters worn with flat brogues - layers making up the Chanel wardrobe for autumn/winter 2013-14. Tweed tunic tops sat over crisp white shirts to make for a clever take on a rugby shirt and skater skirts swung on by as the models orbited the world, just as the clothes will soon too. 

Little Chanel bags were boxy and bright in pink and yellow and blue or were small globe shapes to continue the worldly theme and it was boot-centric when it came to footwear. 

Fashion is about perspective and Lagerfeld has plenty of that. The world keeps on turning and so does he with his ideas and collections at Chanel. Next season, we're taking to the skies - for where better to gain some of that perspective than from there?