In pictures: Paris fashion week

1 of 7 Haute Couture Week is in full swing in Paris. French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier's collection is as colourful as ever...

2 of 7 ... and as provocative.

3 of 7 This headdress is also by Gaultier.

4 of 7 Ralph Rucci took a more minimalist line with this transparent plastic handbag-and-glove duo .

5 of 7 Stephane Rolland's designs for Jean-Louis Scherrer ranged from the austere...

6 of 7 to the fairy-tale.

7 of 7 This light-green printed dress was unmistakably Valentino.