images: Vogue France, september issue

Style in – straw handbag from forzieri.com, price $148, made in Italy

If just for a second forget all those bear like men and women at Chanel’s show, I can truly say that I loved it :) I love the whites, the knits, but most of all the cute small ice cube bags and the jewelry pieces. They were stunning!

images: style.com

Style in – Tosca Blu handbag, price $100-$200 depending on the size, from your local store

images: Givenchy jersey print wedges and handbag, luisaviaroma.com

Sometimes designers seek inspiration in different places, and sometimes they find it in the nobility, provocative splendor, and the refined aristocrat-icy of the Russians. We spotted it in the Matrioshka jewelries and handbags at Chanel:

in the outfits of D&G and Francesco Scognamiglio:

and of course in John Galliano pret-a-porter:

images – fall-winter 2009 at chanel.com & style.com