Meet the fashion week muses

The muse: Josephine Baker 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 The collection : Prada at Milan fashion week Photograph: Antonio Calanni/AP The muse: Bettie Page 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 The collection : Christian Dior at Paris fashion week Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage The muse: Joan Collins 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 The collection : Holly Fulton at London fashion week Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage The muse: Snow White 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 The collection : D&G at Milan fashion week Photograph: Venturelli/WireImage The muse: Angie Bowie Aristocratic androgyny and a lick of Angie’s handsome femininity informed Richard Nicoll’s hit collection Photograph: News Ltd/Newspix / Rex Features The collection : Richard Nicoll at London fashion week Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage The muse: Princess Margaret The rebellious royal offered the ideal mix of sophisticated and wayward for Christopher Kane’s neon ­ladylike collection Photograph: PA/EMPICS The collection : Christopher Kane at London fashion week Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images The muse: Isadora Duncan 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 The collection : Diane von Furstenberg at New York fashion week Photograph: Seth Wenig/ASSOCIATED PRESS The muse: Joan Jett 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 The collection : Marios Schwab at London fashion week Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images