Vogue World: Paris saw the great and good of French fashion – and sport – converge on Place Vendôme tonight, for a one-off spectacle combining supermodels and cyclists, horses and haute couture, pop superstars and synchronised swimmers. From the ode to Paris’s traditional Course des Cafés waiters’ race, to the spine-tingling performance from French-Malian chanteuse Aya Nakamura, it was an undeniably Gallic affair – but talent came from all over the world to take part.
Where Kate wore a custom lamé dress created by long-time friend and collaborator John Galliano for last year’s event, inspired by an opening night in the West End, her daughter strode onto the runway in Paris tonight wearing a short white shift and dainty Mary-Janes. Lila, 21, opened the 1960s section of the show, which had a fencing theme, wearing dramatic silver eye make-up crafted by Dame Pat McGrath, and an intricate helmet-like hairstyle fashioned from barrettes by Eugene Souleiman.