Paris fashion week turns heads

Manish Arora . It says something about the wig that the shoulders on this outfit go almost unremarked. Photograph: Lucas Dolega/EPA Photograph: Lucas Dolega/guardian.co.uk Dress by Manish Arora , hair surely by Lego Photograph: Rex Features/SIPA Photograph: Rex Features/guardian.co.uk Not sure the model is entirely happy about this hairpiece Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features/SIPA Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features/guardian.co.uk Balmain went for gold, with sequins, brocade, fringing - anything, as long as it was gold Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP Photograph: Jacques Brinon/guardian.co.uk Balmain is a label the high street retailers look to for inspiration - so the bad news is that your local high street will remain infested with oversized shoulders for some time Photograph: Maya Vidon/EPA Photograph: Maya Vidon/guardian.co.uk English designer Peter Copping presented his second show for Nina Ricci , sticking to the label's feminine signature look. "Sensual, wearable clothes that define contemporary,” said the show notes. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters Photograph: Benoit Tessier/guardian.co.uk Some very wearable dresses were mixed with slightly less plausible frocks Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters Photograph: Benoit Tessier/guardian.co.uk Rick Owens knows what he likes and sticks to it. "It's pretty much the same thing over and over again, but I try to give it a twist every season," he said after the show. Can't fault his honesty Photograph: Eric Ryan/Getty Images Photograph: Eric Ryan/guardian.co.uk If any trend can be said to have emerged yesterday, it was bizarre headwear - more of which was found at Belgian label AF Vandevorst Photograph: Lucas Dolega/EPA Photograph: Lucas Dolega/guardian.co.uk Inspiration from medieval dentistry at AF Vandevorst ? Photograph: Lucas Dolega/EPA Photograph: Lucas Dolega/guardian.co.uk Female superheroes in need of new costumes take note: your designer of choice shoud be Lie Sang Bong Photograph: Lucas Dolega/EPA Photograph: Lucas Dolega/guardian.co.uk