Chanel models in sorbet pink skip down stairs at Paris fashion show

Sweet lovers attend Paris fashion show

Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014

Lagerfeld interrupted his decidedly pretty collection of elegant looks for Spring/Summer with a dose of show-stopping dresses that managed to be both avant-garde and beautiful.

Combining turquoise, purple and black plumes with glittery tulle and thickly embellished fabric, the spiky, sparkly dresses turned their wearers into psychedelic punk hedgehogs - very glam ones, of course.

Another featured an iridescent sheer man-made fabric that resembled chic Saran Wrap.

Hair was spiky and worn in a tuft above the crown.

"I like the idea of something wild," said Lagerfeld. "There's a kind of fantasy up there."

Lagerfeld played with lengths and fabrics, offering a long narrow pink jacket with tiered bands of sequins worn with skinny trousers, mid-thigh hot pants paired with a gamine and modest long sleeved top and a series of sheer dresses.

"There is a second dress, all embroidered and sequined, under the first dress. They look completely naked. But they're not," Lagerfeld said.

Paris fashion week has already seen a crisp, clean and elegant Dior show, punctuated by oversized eyelet silk, while Atelier Versace gave a nod to 1980s singer Grace Jones with hoods and draped silk jersey dresses in chartreuse and purple.

But the most eagerly awaited ticket was Monday's debut collection of Marco Zanini at the head of the resuscitated Schiaparelli, the couture house of the 1930's doyenne of Paris fashion, Elsa Schiaparelli.