Miu Miu SS13: Cropped tops & fur for a femme fatale

There is a reason why Miu Miu is always the last big show of Paris Fashion Week and it was exactly because of it that I decided to watch the streaming online, which I have barely done this season. At first, I was totally taken with the venue chosen. It looked almost like a parliament room made of polished wood, the runway flanked by doric-inspired columns. As soon as the show started it made sense to me – it was a parliament alright, and Miuccia was about to do her personal coup d'état.
It was as surprising as it was interesting that Miu Miu took the 50's as inspiration because so many brands and designers have done it, including Prada, over the last few seasons. But this wasn't a collection to add to the pile. This was a new version of a femme fatale that makes her own rules, like the designer. We saw a lot of unwashed denim as long coats, loose pencil skirts and even as two-pieces suits that seemed to be intended as evening wear. Then came the ultra short cropped tops paired with said skirts and worn under long jackets and coats made of, wait for it, fur! I really do love when people don't play by the rules and it was so fun and refreshing to see fur on the runway, it made me think of that time earlier this summer when Lady Gaga herself was sporting a fur coat un August.

The Miu Miu front row was full of some of my favourite ladies: Amanda Seyfried, who looked amazing in a red Prada resort look; Emma stone, in a Miu Miu black strapless dress and Chloë Sevigny, face of Miu Miu F/W12, wore a full look by the brand proving she knows how to mix her prints.

All images courtesy of Miu Miu

Best Dressed of the Weekend: Alexa and the side-slit
JustJared, Courtesy of Burberry

I found it hard this weekend to rank the four ladies on my Best Dressed of the Weekend because each of them have such individual styles.

It would be fair to say, though, that out of all four of them Alexa Chung was probably the one that surprised me the most. Not because she chose Burberry –everyone knows she's a big fan– but because how sexy the look was. We're used to short mod dresses but it's not often we see her pulling off sides-slits like this. I love how she balanced it out with the coat and the silver platform shoes was a perfect touch.

Amanda Seyfried went for a simple pale pink Calvin Klein number very much in the style that Alexa is known for, which she accessorised with a pair of nude YSL Trib Two pumps.

Isabel Lucas, one of my favourites in terms of style at the moment, wore Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall'11to celebrate the opening of the brand's Sydney flagship store. I just love how she managed to look dressed up but thanks to the prints the look still had some of her bohemian surf-girl vibe in it.

Amber Heard, who has been looking incredible during her 'Rum Diary' press tour, chose Dolce & Gabbana for a screening of the film in the Bahamas. Is it just me or could se be the new Dita von Teese?