If you thought that Milan had dominated in introducing innovative furs, surprise surprise.

The Paris collections showed an entirely different fur. Across the board , designers seemed to simultaneously gravitate towards a particularly new style of fur coat - it was BIG exaggerated, soft, fun and done in bubbles of color. Many furs were short, boxy shaped, including many in pale Easter eggs shades and many in lilac.

John Galliano at Christian Diro did an oversized box shaped fur in three shades of lilac over a tiny, slinky minidress. His collection was richly beautiful, and likely influenced by his recent trip to China and Japan.

Sonia Rykiel also showed a big oversized round shouldered fur coat -in her case, purple knitted fox. She also showed an outrageous teal-blue Mongolian lamb, cinched in with hip-riding belts and a leather motorcycle jacket with a huge collar in shearling.

Big fur collars were another trend. Wraps at YSL were tied with a plastic blue bows like presents and layed jauntily angled over the shoulders. Tom Ford, exaggerated the sleeves on a fox coat, dangled whole tails from the wrists and belted it with a stiff plastic bow.

When Michael Kors at Celine wasn’t displaying zebra-stripes, he played with mink boleros and dramatic over-the-ear bonnets in white Saga fox fur. The prints and pelts were straight out of the wilderness but for the most part, the palette was black. That’s why the perfect white fur eskimo-hooded coat and the fluffy lavender short fur coat stood out.

At Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld did a biker chic thing with white rabbit fur collars worn with oversize high boots . And Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton did a furry caped Mongolian coat slightly reminiscent of his signature pea jacket. Overall, the fresh approach to furs and the sense of playfulness with which they were presented made the Paris collections a delight to watch.