The Paris luxury fashion house Givenchy has named Sarah Burton creative director for women’s and men’s collections, with immediate effect.

Valentino took a contemporary stride down memory lane this Sunday, returning to Les Beaux-Arts, the prestigious art school where founder Valentino Garavani once studied.

Designer Sarah Burton, who created the wedding dress of Kate, Princess of Wales, is stepping down as creative director at Alexander McQueen.

Stars such as Avril Lavigne sat beneath the gothic style arches of Lanvin’s ornate Paris venue to view the old couture house’s latest designs, which riffed subtly on history.

Sarah Burton brought the house of Alexander McQueen to New York City for the first time in 23 years.