Chanel featured loose, studded trousers split open at the sides and jodhpur-style looks took centre stage at Paris Fashion Week. Designer Virginie Viard, who was Karl Lagerfeld’s number two and succeeded him after his death last year, presented a largely monochrome collection, heavily emphasising the brand’s hallmark black and white looks. “Romanticism but without any flourishes. Emotions but without any frills,” Viard said in show notes.