1.   Unstructured trouser suits with wide pants, wrap skirts and loose, round necked shirts are based around a neutral palette with aubergine, chocolate, cream and grey.

2.   And conservative Lacroix fans could jump at a luscious Chinese-style coral and almond-green iridescent trouser suit with a boxy jacket and cigarette trousers.

3.   Lean trouser suits, sometimes flower-embroidered on hems, and mink collars on dark brown skirt suits set the daytime tone.

4.   Power play or not, the clothes won, whether trouser suits or slinky chiffon gowns.