While emerging trends took to the Paris Couture runways this week, the stars and socialites were in the front row proving what’s current. Alexa Chung, Anna Della Russo, Marion Cotillard, and Milla Jovovich were just a few of the style elite that caught our attention. However, the dominant common denominator was the silhouette. Click through the gallery and you will see nearly all of them in a modern take on the New Look with tiny waists and hourglass silhouettes. This special edition of Style Watch tells a story of defined waists and perfect proportions – a return of sorts to retro style where flattery of the female form was the paramount value.

compiled by CAMILLE MACAWILI|written byGRACE GORDON