Paris Fashion Week: Today in pictures

Karl Lagerfeld's show for Chanel could not have contrasted more with last season's manicured garden Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images The catwalk at Chanel consisted of bare boards down an ash-strewn, post-apocalyptic landscape Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP By the standards of Paris fashion week, the clothes at Chanel were surprisingly practical Photograph: Francois Mori/AP Karl Lagerfeld seems to have decreed an end to super-high stilettos - all the models wore kitten heels or flats Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images More from the Chanel show Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Designer Karl Lagerfeld, in his trademark attire, takes a bow at Chanel Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images Australian designer Collette Dinnigan opted for a more traditionally feminine aesthetic Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Intricate and sheer at Colette Dinnigan Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images More from Colette Dinnigan Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Shorter lengths at Colette Dinnigan Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Alexander McQueen 's show was staged at the Conciergerie, where Marie Antoinette was escorted to her death Photograph: Eric Ryan/Getty Images Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen Photograph: Gil-Gonzalez Alain/EMPICS Entertainment Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen Photograph: Gil-Gonzalez Alain/EMPICS Entertainment Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen Photograph: Eric Ryan/Getty Images Maria Grazia and Pier Paolo Piccioli for Valentino Photograph: Briquet-Guibbaud-Nebinger-Orban/EMPICS Entertainment Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Picciolo for Valentino Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Picciolo for Valentino Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli for Valentino Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP