The Brobdingnagian bloom loomed large in the collection, too, comprising silk brooches on the lapels of black coats and prints on fluid monochrome dresses.
Camellias typically bloom in spring, but that didn’t stop Virginie Viard from placing a snow-white, supersized iteration of the flower at the centre of her black Chanel autumn/winter catwalk. The Brobdingnagian bloom loomed large in the collection, too, comprising silk brooches on the lapels of black coats and prints on fluid monochrome dresses. Note the relative absence of colour – florals have taken on a faintly gothic feel for fall. Gently grungy at Burberry, they were remixed with black lace at Rabanne, and were positively otherworldly at Noir Kei Ninomiya.