Runway

Alexander McQueen’s Fall 2012 collection, helmed by Sarah Burton was anything but clothes, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Also, since when has an Alexander McQueen collection actually made anything that was “ready-to-wear,” it’s the art and the beauty of fashion that makes us so fascinated with Alexander McQueen.

The show featured a gradual incline from bizarre to absolutely absurd and it was all delightful. While Lee Alexander McQueen celebrity a kind of beauty in misery, Sarah Burton attempted to morph that idea into something that showcased a more “beautiful future, positivity, [and] optimism.”

Remember when Kanye West announced he was a “designer” and then he debuted his Spring/Summer 2012 collection and it was so bad and looked like space clothes that were tailored by a blind child with no hands? Yeah, well, his Fall 2012 collection is WAAYY better.

Kanye hasn’t fully cemented himself amongst fashion elite, but his sophomore collection at Paris Fashion Week was a lot better than expected.

The main criticism for his last collection was that the clothes didn’t fit the models. No one could say that about THIS collection.

Karl Lagerfeld presented an especially icy Fall 2012 Chanel collection. Models like Cara Delevingne and Miranda Kerr stomped out down the runway, emerging from a sort of crystal ice cave and a ground covered to look like snow.

A good portion of the collection was a reinvention of the traditional tweed boucle suit. Hoods were added and tweed jackets were turned into jacquard parkas with peplum hips and paired with straight-legged tweed slacks to reinvigorate the traditional suit silhouette.

Balenciaga kicks off Paris Fall 2012 Fashion Week with a bizarre collection that I highly doubt we’re going to see much of on the red carpet, except for maybe by Lady Gaga.

Even though famous faces like Kristen Stewart and Salma Hayek showed up for the runway show that took place on the 27th floor of an office tower in a Parisian business complex, the entire collection wasn't wow-worthy.