Top Ten Trends From Haute Couture Week (PHOTOS)

Haute couture season has wrapped up in Paris, meaning we've got lots of crazy looks to ogle and imaginary wish lists to make (you know, for all those galas we go to).

So we've scoured the runways and come up with the top ten trends -- some silly, some serious -- that couturiers came up with for Fall/Winter 2011, from wacky feathers and headgear to fancy eyewear and ruffles.

Behold the good, the bad and the crazy of Haute Couture Week Fall 2011.

Comments

[JJovana]

09:19 AM on 07/11/2011

Stephane Rolland and Azzedine Alaia were magnificent. Wearable, great cuts, rich materials and colors, just overall great collections.

Some of these are quite "unique" if thats the correct word to use. Obviously not ready to wear, but thats what couture is about, pushing the boundaries and sometimes it works wonderfully, and sometimes is just down right kooky (see tentacles).

[ADP4]

02:06 AM on 07/11/2011

I liked these collections. They're haute couture, not ready-to-wear, so they're more like art/inspiration, not something you'd wear off the rack to work or a party.

[Tiggy]

09:01 PM on 07/10/2011

Other than a few garments, I consider these to be costume outfits designed for Sci Fi not haute couture fashion. Guess that's why I am not a well known designer...lol.

[ultrabop]

08:08 PM on 07/10/2011

It's the Keith Richards influence. A man ahead of his time.

[Tzaims Luksus FRSA]

07:52 PM on 07/10/2011

HELP...I'M A ROCK...OH THE PAIN...LOL...OH THE PAIN. ARE WE THERE AND IS IT OVER YET? LOL...IT HURTS WHEN I LAUGH! OH PARIS! LOL. GEE...OH NO...I GOT ANOTHER CRAMP...LOL...IT'S OVER NOW...ARE WE THERE YET? LOL. WOW. WE DIDN'T GET THERE AFTER 5,000 YEARS. HELP...I'M A ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

[Kimberly McDevitt]

06:53 PM on 07/10/2011

All I can say is there might be 3 of the dresses that I would even consider wearing even if GIVEN to me.. NO ONE WANTS to look like BIG BIRD.. For God Sakes.. MAKE CLOTHES NORMAL PEOPLE WOULD WEAR... Not just Triple 0 size girls that are overpaid for their bodies..

[Watching rock grow]

05:48 PM on 07/10/2011

Valentino has some classy dresses and I liked all of them in the slide show, also the off- white Chanel, and the yellow Kayrouz.

[Mary Mclocke]

05:16 PM on 07/10/2011

Okay ladies...seriously. Look at the 'tenticles' page and would anyone here, if it was GIVEN to you, really wear any of those? Would anyone here where any of those things, at all? Call me living in the 'dark ages' I guess, but a so called 'fashion' show like this to me is a total waste of time and money. I couldn't imagine even the world's richest women being caught dead much less alive in 99% of this stuff! It's all IMO lmbooooooooo!!

[Watching rock grow]

05:47 PM on 07/10/2011

Agreed Mary you got me thinking (not always a smart thing for me) that is one reason the super rich prefer so many of their parties on islands, ships, and behind very tall walls. lol

[Stand Up for your Belief]

04:28 PM on 07/10/2011

I am not impressed at all. Some of the designs were very silly and not creative at all.

[MammaLu]

10:50 AM on 07/10/2011

Dramatic but inconsequential for most of us who live in the real world.

[demisfine]

09:30 AM on 07/10/2011

What, no pencil skirts?

[rubygreen]

09:02 AM on 07/10/2011

How many exotic de ad birds for all those "fancy" feathers?

[PatrickforO]

12:49 AM on 07/10/2011

You know, that tentacle thing is really, really funny. I mean, if someone showed up to a party in that thing, people would just start laughing.

[Kittenesque]

12:21 AM on 07/10/2011

The gimmicks to get attention are so pathetic. I like the red and yellow slides though. More of the fashion and less of the gimmicks please, designers.

[Mary Mclocke]

05:19 PM on 07/10/2011

Those are the 1% I may be caught wearing: the reds are not bad and the yellow dress that's on the far right - the short one, isn't bad. As for the rest - icky!

[Kittenesque]

06:46 PM on 07/10/2011

I agree!

[Lynda Filler]

11:26 PM on 07/09/2011

I see a trend to head gear a la the Royals.