Ecology and kinetic styles grace Paris Fashion Week shows

 Models wearing animal outfits joined finale of Stella McCartney's fur-free and lear-free show Monday, as British-American designer continued to shine a light on environment and animal cruelty in industry. show, which explored a chic cross-over silhouette in soft and huggable fabrics, was runway proof that ethically produced clos can still have a strong luxury feel. Here are some highlights of fall-winter 2020 shows.

STELLAR CROSS-OVER STYLE

Long flappy belts and strips of fabric provided vibrancy in Stella McCartney's fall collection that was orwise missing amid rar muted color palette of “terrestrial tones.”

Inside gilded salons of Paris Opera, in her morning show, McCartney used features in form to create a dynamic visual movement.

A nearly two-yard-long diagonal sash, held in place by two buttons, graced front of a loose pastel-gray double-breasted suit to create a dynamic visual kinesis. Elsewhere, a long ribbed strap plunged down to model's knee from an abstractly shaped dark gray top, and a bone-colored knitted dress hung heavily and limp with wavy ribbing. All se styles created a sense of clos in action — an accomplished feat of design.

collection, house said, was inspired by Russian-born French modernist designer and illustrator Erté, who created dynamic and sometimes-windswept silhouettes, and whom McCartney met as a child.

STELLA CALLS ON OR HOUSES TO DITCH LEAR

Gold and silver animal jewelry in McCartney's show ded a playful touch, that crescendoed in finale as 11 models walked runway in full-on animal costumes, provoking laughs from tickled guests.

Behind fun, lay a serious mess.

ne of se animals — cow, rabbit, bison, fox, crocodile — h been killed to produce collection.

“We are proudly only luxury fashion house in world t putting real lear on our runway,” McCartney said. “And welcome our friends in fashion to join us.”

“re has never been a time when we have h more hope in ending fashion’s use of fur and lear,” she ded.

Her team, which of late sends out factsheets to editors on eco-fight, said this collection showcased even more animal-free vegan lear than in past.

It h expanded, it said, “ cruelty- and PVC-free material beyond accessories — including decorative perforated vegan lear and shaggy pile animal-free shearling.”

GIVENCHY'S MUSINGS ON FORM, SILVER SCREEN

A rough concrete runway, red neon lights, models who strutted aggressively and machines that spewed out cold smoke gave Givenchy's show production a tough edge — befitting of “Game of Thrones” actress Maisie Williams, who rocked front row with punk-like two-tone hair.

This season designer Clare Waight Keller said she channeled “ gritty heyday of French cinema,” in show, entitled “Arthouse Beauty.”

But so-called grit was scant in clos. It quickly gave way to a brooding and feminine collection of looks that riffed on geometry and played with form — with an ever-so-slight d to “ silver screen allure” referenced in show tes.

A beautiful multicolored fur coat, that hung heavy and formless, h top panels that cleverly resembled a movie star's stole from studio era of Hollywood. Ermous graphic floppy hats in black shrouded models' faces in show, evoking a dramatic standoffish air. same was true of crinkled lear opera gloves that covered up arms completely in styles of yesteryear.

Yet this collection's main me was in silhouette: Oversize tubular sleeves followed coats with razor-sharp lapels that looked like y h been cut with a scalpel. And volumius proportions, especially in multitudius 1970s' pleated skirts, gave this collection a dynamic feeling.