Ode to the ’80s in Paris Week finale

NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire continued his whistle-stop tour of Paris Fashion Week

Paris menswear shows reached a colourful 1980s-infused climax on Sunday, the last day in the spring-summer 2016 collections It was an eclectic mix of styles in Agnes B.’s creative pot on Sunday.

A sober start of black-and-white suit and shirt styles was followed by white jeans and a snug-looking denim jumpsuit that the Parisian designer, bien sur, twinned with a Left Bank-standard foulard.

But there was a welcome flash of madness. Two psychedelic, multicoloured hoodies, burst onto the catwalk midway through, with one nicely evoking the decorative swirls of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. that saw the City of Light glistening in a summer heat wave.

Here are the highlights including Lanvin, Paul Smith and Agnes B. — AP Paul Smith is perhaps the menswear designer most closely associated with bold colour.

Sunday’s show proved why — with the British designer cleverly riffing off the trend for the ’80s by reviving that decade’s often-overlooked penchant for vivid hues on exaggerated jackets and pants.

The first clue to this mission was an oversize burnt orange jacket with angular shoulders — that hanged loosely down to the mid-thigh. It was masterfully contrasted with a subtle vermilion in the shirt and high ’80s pants.

The most eye-catching of the colourful look were some on-trend citrus yellow pants — a hue that flashed back in boots, a shirt and a sweater later in the collection. There was also a hint of the dazzling era of Glam Rock — with one bold, shiny grey double breasted jacket and stylish skinny tie.