GUALTIER - HORSES FOR FASHION

Jean Paul Gaultier pulls out all the stops for his final Hermes collection.

In the past few week's we've witnessed Roberto Cavalli’s glitzy birthday bash, Giles casting Abbey Clancey and Kelly Brook, Ines de la Fressange returning to Chanel and Geri Halliwell and Kerry Katona hit the front row. We've been wowed by it all but it seems that fashion week saved the best till (almost last). Today's most talked about? Hermes.

Jean Paul Gaultier just bowed out with his final collection for the luxe label. We could have predicted that he would go out with a bang, but he wowed even the most jaded fashion editors by putting real horses on the runway. That’s right. He set up a full sized dressage arena and had eight horse being ridden around in it while gauchos strode the length of the catwalk. When it comes to animal magic this puts Mulberry's dogs and Louis Vuitton's stuffed tigers into the shade.

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