Paris Fashion Week 2021: Our Favorite Looks

Fashion month comes to an end in the City of Lights.

Paris Runway
(Image credit: Valentino/Nina Ricci/Chloé/Kwaidan Editions)

The last stop of fashion month is Paris, where designers showcased their creations sprinkled among the historical landmarks and French manicured gardens. The city itself is a source of inspiration for designers and editors, and especially so this fall, as fashion gets back to in-person shows after several seasons of virtual. While vibrant colors and an abundance of skin have been a consistent theme, there was also much talk about what lies beneath. Designers like Nina Ricci and Stella McCartney are looking to the future—way beyond Spring/Summer 2022—by incorporating innovative new vegan fabrics and using clothes to send pertinent messages about climate and ocean preservation. Valentino took their runway to the city streets for everyone to enjoy, while Balenciaga put everyone on display, models and guests alike, via a red carpet and big jumbo screen.

Kenneth Ize

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Kenneth Ize

(Image credit: Kenneth Ize)

Kenneth Ize

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Kenneth Ize

(Image credit: Kenneth Ize)

Giambattista Valli

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Giambattista Valli

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Giambattista Valli

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Giambattista Valli

(Image credit: Giambattista Valli)

Givenchy

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Givenchy

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Givenchy

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Givenchy

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Lanvin

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Lanvin

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Lanvin

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Lanvin

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Balenciaga

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Balenciaga

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Balenciaga

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Balenciaga

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Hermès

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Hermès

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Hermès

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Hermès

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Valentino

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Valentino

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Valentino

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Valentino

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Nina Ricci

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Nina Ricci

(Image credit: Nina Ricci)

Nina Ricci

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Nina Ricci

(Image credit: Nina Ricci)

Loewe

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Loewe

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Loewe

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Loewe

(Image credit: Loewe)

Isabel Marant

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Isabel Marant

(Image credit: Isabel Marant)

Isabel Marant

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Isabel Marant

(Image credit: Isabel Marant)

Chloé 

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Chloé

(Image credit: Chloé)

Chloé 

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Chloé

(Image credit: Chloé)

Raf Simons

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Raf Simons

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Raf Simons

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Raf Simons

(Image credit: Raf Simons)

Rick Owens

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Rick Owens

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Rick Owens

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Rick Owens

(Image credit: Rick Owens)

Balmain

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Balmain

(Image credit: Balmain)

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Balmain

(Image credit: Balmain)

Acne Studios

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Acne Studios

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Acne Studios

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Acne Studios

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Patou

Paris Fashion Week

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Patou

Paris Fashion Week

(Image credit: Patou)

Courreges

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Courreges

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Courreges

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Courreges

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Kwaidan Editions

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Kwaidan Editions

(Image credit: Kwaidan Editions)

Kwaidan Editions

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Kwaidan Editions

(Image credit: Kwaidan Editions)

Dries Van Noten

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Dries Van Noten

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Dries Van Noten

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Dries Van Noten

(Image credit: Dries Van Noten)

Rochas

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Rochas

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Rochas

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Rochas

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Longchamp

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Longchamp

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Longchamp

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Longchamp

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Thebe Magugu

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Thebe Magugu

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Thebe Magugu

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Thebe Magugu

(Image credit: Thebe Magugu)

Saint Laurent

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Saint Laurent

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Christian Dior

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Christian Dior

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Christian Dior

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Christian Dior

(Image credit: Christian Dior)

Marine Serre

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Marine Serre

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Marine Serre

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Marine Serre

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Koche

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Koche

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Koche

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Koche

(Image credit: Koche)

Stella McCartney

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Stella McCartney

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Stella McCartney

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Stella McCartney

(Image credit: Stella McCartney)

Schiaparelli

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Schiaparelli

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Schiaparelli

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Schiaparelli

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Louis Vuitton

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Louis Vuitton

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Louis Vuitton

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Louis Vuitton

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Lacoste

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Lacoste

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Lacoste

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Lacoste

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Chanel

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Chanel

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Chanel

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Chanel

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Miu Miu

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Miu Miu

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Miu Miu

Paris Fashion Week 2021 - Miu Miu

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Sara Holzman
Style Director

Sara Holzman is the Style Director for Marie Claire, where she's worked alongside the publication for eight years in various roles, ensuring the brand's fashion content continues to inform, inspire, and shape the conversation about fashion's ever-evolving landscape. With a degree from the Missouri School of Journalism, Sara is responsible for overseeing a diverse fashion content mix, from emerging and legacy designer profiles to reported features on the influence of social media on style and seasonal and micro trends across the world's fashion epicenters in New York, Milan, and Paris. Before joining Marie Claire, Sara held fashion roles at Conde Nast's Lucky Magazine and Self Magazine and was a style and travel contributor to Equinox's Furthermore website. Over her decade of experience in the fashion industry, Sara has helped guide each brand's style point of view, working alongside veteran photographers and stylists to bring editorial and celebrity photo shoots to fruition from start to finish. Sara currently lives in New York City. When she's not penning about fashion or travel, she’s at the farmer’s market, on a run, working to perfect her roasted chicken recipe, or spending time with her husband, dog, and cat. Follow her along at @sarajonewyork