Lily James joins glamorous Jessica Chastain and Naomi Watts on the front row as the A-list turn out for Zimmermann's show at Paris Fashion Week

The A-list had an early start on Monday as Paris Fashion Week continued with a morning presentation from Zimmermann. 

Actresses Lily James, Jessica Chastain and Naomi Watts were among those in attendance as the Australian fashion house unveiled its latest fall-winter collection at Palais de Tokyo. 

Opting for a tasteful maroon silk blouse and belted brown leather trousers, Lily, 36, looked typically stylish as she took her front row seat ahead of the show. 

Accompanying the British actress, Naomi claimed her own share of the spotlight in a vibrant pink trouser suit comprised of fitted jacket and flared trousers. 

The Hollywood star, 57, rounded off her look with deep red lipstick as she settled down for the presentation on Monday morning. 

Elsewhere, Jessica caught the eye in a distinctive oversized orange blazer and matching heels after taking a seat alongside her fellow actresses. 

Accessorising tastefully, the American star, 48, opted for statement earrings and a smart cream handbag for her latest appearance at the bi-annual show. 

Also present on the front row, Oprah Winfrey stood out in a tan leather jumpsuit while attending the event alongside close friend Gayle King's daughter, Kirby Bumpus. 

Seated alongside Oprah, British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw looked stunning in a vibrant floral print minidress and matching blazer while sat alongside the talk show veteran. 

Making the latest in a series of front row appearances at Paris Fashion Week, Poppy Delevingne turned heads in a billowing cinched dress from the Australian brand. 

Actresses Leila George D'Onofrio, Alycia Debnam Carey were also in attendance, alongside models Kelly Piquet and Molly Sims. 

Monday's live, invitation-only runway show focused on Zimmermann's signature romantic style, with a focus on detailed, feminine designs. 

Paris Fashion Week has thus far delivered a forceful reminder of why it remains a capital of fashion, with blockbuster celebrity front rows, boundary-pushing design, and collections that are tackling big ideas about power, craft and the female body.

It has also attracted a host of A-list stars from the world of film, television and music.  

Oprah had previously turned heads at both Stella McCartney and Chloé, while Sissy Spacek, Julia Garner and Lil Yachty claimed front-row seats at Loewe.

The star wattage has matched the creative ambition - and both have been running high.

Halfway through the fall 2026 shows, several clear themes are emerging from the runways: dress with intent, dress with pleasure, and do not be afraid to show up. 

A defining trend, the womens' tuxedo turns 60 this year, and no house owns that legacy like Saint Laurent. 

Creative director Anthony Vaccarello, marking his own 10th anniversary at the helm, sent out a parade of razor-sharp Smokings - the house term for its iconic women´s tuxedo - with plunging necklines and elongated silhouettes that crackled with the same transgressive energy founder Yves Saint Laurent unleashed in the 1960s.

But Vaccarello didn´t stop at evening. He extended the same sensual, body-skimming tailoring into daytime suits in fluid pinstripe fabrics with almost no interlining, effectively arguing that the tuxedo silhouette belongs in a woman´s life around the clock.

Plenty of brands in Milan showed strong black pantsuits this season, but the Saint Laurent version still occupies its own territory - sleeker, sharper, more loaded with meaning.

The other half of Vaccarello´s equation was lace, stiffened with latex and tailored into structured cardigan-like jackets and straight skirts. It was lace with backbone - tough, not delicate.

Paired with smoky eyes, chunky gold jewelry and slingback heels, the collection made a case that Saint Laurent´s codes are as potent as ever.

Designers aren´t being shy about the body this season. Vaquera´s Bryn Taubensee and Patric DiCaprio staged a provocation-filled show inside a Paris church, with exposed skin at almost every turn - hip-cut trousers, leather pieces with strategically placed zippers and references to fashion´s most boundary-pushing moments from the past six decades.

At Courrèges, Nicolas Di Felice built his collection around a day-in-the-life concept that traced a woman from bed to club, with body-conscious cuts and geometric cutouts on pinafore dresses.

Isabel Marant´s designer Kim Bekker went short and tight with tiny cut-off shorts, miniskirts and slim leather pencil skirts.

At Loewe, the design duo of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez are rapidly redefining what luxury craft looks like - and having a blast doing it.

Their sophomore collection was a sensory jolt: inflatable channels pumped into outerwear and leather raincoats, shearling sculpted and groomed to resemble prize-winning poodle fur, and latex cast in 3D-printed molds to reimagine boudoir staples.

The venue was drenched in taxi yellow, the soundtrack was pounding techno, and stuffed sea creatures shared the front row with Hollywood stars.

The designers have cited artist Cosima von Bonin as a key inspiration, which explained the gingham accents and hand-painted floral prints scattered through the lineup.

Their take on craft is deliberately different from designers who celebrate the imperfect or the handmade.

McCollough and Hernandez are interested in craft so refined it erases the evidence of the hand entirely - leather jackets skived to feather-thinness, fused so smoothly they look like they rolled off a factory line. It´s a provocative inversion: the highest skill made to look effortless.

Fringe is having a moment across multiple shows. At Carven, designer Mark Thomas made it a signature of his assured sophomore collection - fringed gloves, shaggy textures and paper-thin mille-feuille panels that brought movement and dimension to skirts and dresses.

He layered gauzy organza with lace in tones of wine and chocolate, creating a romantic but purposeful wardrobe.

Fringe has been visible elsewhere too, becoming one of the season´s quieter but most persistent trends.

Courrèges under Di Felice has become one of the week´s most reliable propositions.

His fifth-anniversary collection featured slim flared coats, A-line skirts and vinyl knife-pleated into dresses - a slick Parisian minimalism that has won over both young customers and fashion critics.

Isabel Marant´s Bekker sent models racing down the runway in distressed denim, reversible statement jackets and sparkly knitted minidresses with curved-heel pumps.

The mood was fast, social and unapologetically fun - a woman running between shows and parties, living at full tilt.