Paris Men's Fall Collections were not as flamboyant as Milan and only a few collections stood out. Dries Van Noten's show harked back to the idea of the 'sharp-dressed man'. The theme for Dries Van Notens show reflected-elegance, tradition, proportion-but also a bit of the Roxy Music era. The show took place to a Bryan Ferry soundtrack and models looked very 'Ferry-ish', it must be said - loads of big, boxy suits.

On the fur front, Van Noten showed an ark's worth of exotic prints. AS if the leopard print raincoat wasn't enough, it then showed up as a fake-fur jacket, VERY Roxy Music. But the gold snakeskin shoes and croc loafers-which were FABULOUS, could just barely hold a candle to the python-print suit. This is probably already a collector's piece.

If that wasn't enough fashion fur excitement, John Galliano arrives with bare-chested male models all tucked into curly sheepskin coats. Brown fleecy furs, curly sheepskin and brown leather inspired no doubt by Brokeback Mountain made you want to curl up in front of a fire on a cold mountainside with every or any one of the models.

Is there a theme here? Well, no more cowboys but there are definitely a merging of centuries going on. Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton went to the future and mixed soft to the touch fabrics and furs with high tech - think extremely deluxe furs paired with extremely synthetic materials. So, for example, Jacobs paired a cashmere topcoat with a nylon parka over bronze nylon trousers. Almost every piece was a fur and nylon combination. He made so many hoodies and also showed a brown fleecy furry coat in all lengths made from this plush alpaca "teddy-bear" fleece. In coats, it looked extremely cuddly. The parka with the fur-trimmed collar was about the only piece in the collection that looked like something you'd seen before.

But whatever you do, jump on the waiting list for the bags - especially the pony skin tote bag and definitely throw in a pair of chinchilla earmuffs.
It's cold on the range!

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