Paris A/W 2010 show venues

From a giant iceberg at Chanel to a rotating carousel at Viktor & Rolf, the Paris A/W 2010 show venues were as varied and imaginative as the collections they hosted.
The Dior show was held in a temporary structure, erected within Paris' Jardin des Tuileries. Designer John Galliano worked with Michael Howells on the set and production was by Bureau Betak
The Hermès show featured a hypnotic, spiral-encased runway which ran the length of the Halle Freyssinet
Hermès - production by Villa Eugenie and music by Frederic Sanchez
Hermès
The Lanvin show was held in the Halle Freyssinet
Lanvin Artistic Director Alber Elbaz, said of the show, ' I wanted to bring in the staircase because I really wanted to bring in this feeling of a French chateau. I had the girls coming up and I thought it was much more relevant for the moment to see women moving up rather than coming down'
Lanvin. Production by Villa Eugenie
Loewe by Stuart Vevers was held in the Ecole de Médecine, seating was on bistro-esque tables and chairs
Louis Vuitton held in a transparent tent within the courtyard of the Cour Carrée du Louvre. Production by La Mode en Image
Louis Vuitton
Dries Van Noten was held in the Hôtel de Ville de Paris
Dries Van Noten. Production by Villa Eugenie
The soundtrack to Dries Van Noten was composed by Malcolm McLaren - combining alpine folk music; African drumming and acapella choir songs
Miu Miu, featuring a high-shine mirrored floor and a series of blocky violet stools
Miu Miu soundtrack by Frederic Sanchez
The Karl Lagerfeld show was held in a temporary space in the Jardin des Tuileries. Music by Michel Gaubert
The Yves Saint Laurent show was held in the Grand Palais
Yves Saint Laurent's show was surrounded by an angular cage of lighting scaffolds. The audience were surrounded by an under-lit, cyclical runway
Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent featured a live performance from international electronic artists LCD Soundsystem
For Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld filled the Grand Palais with a gigantic iceberg
Housed in a sealed ‘glacier’ box in subzero temperatures, the berg was constructed by 35 ice sculptors who, over the course of six days, transformed 240 tonnes of snow-ice into the icescape - which reached a peak of 8.5 meters
Dutch duo Studio Job worked with Viktor & Rolf to create the backdrop for the latter's show
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