Collette Dinnigan and Akira Isogawa's Collections Hit Paris Fashion Week
Some of Australia's top designers have helped wrap up Paris Fashion Week with an array of stunning collections in bold colours and playful prints. Collette Dinnigan and Akira Isogawa were among the Australians to show their spring-summer collections in the City of Lights. Dinnigan's upbeat and sassy show, under the prestigious Louvre museum, had natural-looking models in hot tangerine, grecian-inspired slip dresses and barely-there, micro-shorts topped with tightly belted jackets. The collection was a move away from Dinnigan's signature girly style to a more grown-up cool. "I wanted to create something really confident and strong, but still feminine and ladylike," Dinnigan told AAP backstage. "The look is fresh, young and sporty but luxurious at the same time." But the star designer was careful not to stray too far from her style roots, outing luscious, floor-skimming, satin dresses in dazzling jewel colours, fit for a silver screen goddess. Dinnigan has...