
Anya Hindmarch: The British accessory designer’s giant white grid set by INCA Productions whirred into life with electric bleeps and flashes of white light before models emerged out onto the pixelated runway. As various stacks of white blocks gradually pushed their way forward, out from the backdrop, a giant 3D game of tetris ensued with models making their way around the flickering landscape to a pulsating electro beat.
Writer: Ali Morris

Chanel: Karl Lagerfeld transformed the inside of the Grand Palais in Paris into an old fashioned couture runway show, much like the salons in which Coco herself would have presented her collections back in the fifties. Row upon row of gilded chairs provided a front row seat for each one of Chanel’s 2,500 guests, while the 600-metre-long runway was multiplied to dizzying effect in the mirrored pillars and walls

Carven: Bureau Betak filled Paris’ Espace Éphémère des Tuileries with slabs of grey-veined white marble, a lilac-hued pyramid of seating and large balloon-like bubble lamps for Carven’s sugary sweet A/W 2016 show set

Céline: Supported by a stainless steel scaffold, two vast banks of tiered translucent Perspex seats in a lurid shade of neon green flanked the runway at Céline this season. Set up in The Tennis Club de Paris with the green, blue and white court markings slicing the runway, this season’s sport-inspired set came courtesy of production company La Mode en Images

Burberry: To mark a season that ushered in a number of operational changes at the British behemoth, Burberry’s Kensington Gore tent also underwent an interior refresh. Set to a soulful acoustic performance by Jake Bugg, an altogether softer mood prevailed. Lining the meandering catwalk, a more intimate seating arrangement saw the folded camping stools of previous seasons replaced by clusters of teal suede-topped fumed oak benches produced by Sean Sutcliffe and Terence Conran’s Benchmark

Dolce & Gabbana: Fantasy became reality at Dolce & Gabbana where a theatrical set designed by Angelo Scala played with symbolism taken straight from the pages of classic fairytales. Snow White’s poisoned apple tree greeted guests upon arrival alongside Aladdin’s magic carpet and Cinderella’s pumpkin carriage. The dream-like landscape continued to the runway where props borrowed directly from the La Scala Theatre’s various opera productions, including a set of gilded gates from Sleeping Beauty, completed the scene