Stella McCartney well known for its commitment to animal welfare and sustainability, sent out its show invites attached to a roll of compostable plastic bin bags made by the company which will now make all of the fashion house’s plastic packaging in a bid to eradicate its plastic footprint.

The catwalk, held in the Opera National building, showcased clothing made from sustainable viscose, organic cotton, and alter nappa, alter suede and alter croc. The collection featured heavily on tailoring and all-in-ones as a black evening jumpsuit to a lime green denim boiler suit and even a yellow single-sleeved leopard print.

There were also parachute silk full skirts worn with boxy, oversized T-shirts, parka coats and mirrored sunglasses came in muted colours – black, navy, cream and terracotta while the evening wear was as bright as fuchsia red with plenty frills.

In their usual location of the Grand Palais, Karl Lagerfeld built an extravagant and beautifully realistic 30-foot waterfall complete with shrubbery and caves for the models to enter and walk through in classic Chanel pieces, reimagined to fit the naturalistic theme.

Plastic rainwear took over the runway, in the form of long tea gloves, fedoras, shoulder hoods, and long cover-up wraps, paired with plastic rain boots, with glossy black and white heels. While the signature tweed came in form of pantsuits, fringed skirts, and crop-tops, in royal blue and yellow hues alongside brands ethereal accessories.

Paris fashion world saw the surprise debut of the platform Croc on Balenciaga’s SS18 catwalk in Paris, after its third collaboration with Christopher Kane at London Fashion Week.

Demna Gvasalia played with ideas on the edgy outskirts of the city, in classic coat style trench, trousers came in multiple tartan and dog tooth prints. There was a mix of checks, plaids and stripes to more abstract prints of Euros and newspapers, seen together in one outfit.

As for footwear, instead of making models walk in heels, Balenciaga dressed them in Crocs upgrading the Classic Clog to a 10-centimeter platform called the Foam.

In its bid to democratize designer-wear in India, the two-phased finale by Amazon Fashion will bring Pret and Couture together on one single ramp for the first time ever. Integrating the commercial with the creative side of fashion, the AIFW SS18 Grand Finale is turning a new leaf over to offer accessibility and affordability for the creators as well as the consumers of the fashion fraternity.

Top designers such as Ashish N Soni, Krishna Mehta, Pankaj & Nidhi, Rina Dhaka and Rohit Gandhi + Rahul Khanna will present Ready-to-wear capsules, however, Suneet Verma will be rounding off the Grand Finale on a festive note, celebrating his 30 years in the Fashion industry with a limited-edition line of Couture on the 15th October 2017.