Paris Fashion Week Hauet Couture Spring 2012 Recap

Here is some of the rest of Paris Fashion Week

Haute Couture Spring 2012

At Valentino the look was delicate and eternally feminine

Valentino Couture Spring 2012

Valentino Couture Spring 2012

At Franck Sorbier models wore a second skin

Franck Sorbier Couture Spring 2012

Franck Sorbier Couture Spring 2012

Color at Maxime Simoens

Maxime Simoens Couture Spring 2012

Maxime Simoens Couture Spring 2012

Maxime Simoens Couture Spring 2012

At Elie Saab there was a Grace Kelly-esque elegance

 evoking thoughts of a 50's/60's kind of glamour.

Elie Saab Couture Spring 2012

Delicate and feminine yet willfully powerful.

No doubt to be seen on the Oscar's red carpet.

Elie Saab Couture Spring 2012

Elie Saab Couture Spring 2012

Elie Saab Couture Spring 2012

Elie Saab Spring 2012

In all the excitement about the giant red dress at Stephane Rolland

the media seemed to overlook just how spectacular

his collection really was.

Feminine.

Powerful.

Alluring.

Dresses to be worn by a woman with a purpose.

I think this may well be my favorite collection of the week.

Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

and of course,

the giant red Stephane Rolland dress

worn by Yasmin LeBon,

so heavy and huge

that two male attendants had to escort her along the runway

attendants prepare Yasmin LeBon at Stephane Rolland

Yasmin LeBon in Stephane Rolland Spring 2012

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 2012

oh I love him!!

Jean Paul Gaultier channels Amy Winehouse Spring 2012

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 2012

The collection paid homage to the life, style and smoking habits of

late singer Amy Winehouse.

From Amy's signature beehive hairdo and heavily winged eyeliner

to her eclectic and eccentric mix of floaty silhouettes clinched with rock n roll belts,

  strapped in bustiers to torpedo bras,

there was a hard edged femininity that was offset by Gaultier style androgyny

and buckets full of attitude.

pink beehive hair at Gaultier Couture Spring 2012

Karlie Kloss orange beehive Gaultier Couture Spring 2012

Amy Winehouse beehive hair at Gaultier Couture Spring 2012

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 2012

In the finale the models swept past in long, draping black veils,

a bittersweet tribute to a show and a life filled with fun.

black veils at Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 2012

Check out the video:

Armani Prive Haute Couture Spring 2012

Hourglass silhouettes, accented shoulders, 

and shimmering almost liquid metallic golds 

and greens that were both fresh and new, 

while eternally sexy and elegant

at Armani Prive Haute Couture Spring 2012.

I didn't quite get the messy hair and the gadget

fixed to the girls' heads

but the makeup was beautiful.

Air Chanel - Haute Couture Spring 2012 Paris Fashion Week

How fun is this??

image by Pascal le Segretain/Getty images

Karl Largerfeld staged an elaborate show 

at Paris Fashion Week today, 

for Chanel Haute Couture Spring 2012, 

inside a specially built "Air Chanel" plane. 

The plane took 5 days to build, 

deep in the bowels of the Grand Palais.

image by Pascal le Segretain/Getty images

Blue was the key shade in varying hues,

light, short sleeved tweed dresses just above the knee,

rouleau necklines and block colors.

Check out the video here, courtesy of Telegraph UK

Paris Fashion Week Spring 2012 Versace Haute Couture

Donatella Versace opened Paris Fashion Week Spring 2012 Haute Couture

with Versace's first couture show since 2004.

Karlie...

The line was classic Versace - body hugging silhouettes, bustier cuts, impossible detailing, color, sex, glamour. Heels so high it looked like the girls could fall, sleek ponytails even higher, and exquisite, dramatic eyes courtesy of makeup genius Pat McGrath. Although there were only 15 dresses

they were spectacular, fresh, new, 

and apparently over $100 000 each.

Hopefully at least one of these will show up on the Oscar's red carpet in February.

Check out the video of the show