Irish designer Paul Costelloe takes London Fashion Week to Paris with chic pastel collection

The 79-year-old Irishman mainly stuck to four pastel colours – blue, pink, ­yellow and green – for the line, called “Le ciel est bleu” (the sky is blue), which also introduced his new bridal line.

Against a painted backdrop of a ­Parisian boulevard and to the soundtrack of French songs, the designer opened the show with all-blue looks.

Models wore linen or check ­ensembles, tweed dresses, jackets and playful jacquard frocks. Floral prints and ruffles adorned some designs.

“While London… in the late ’60s, ­early ’70s was the kind of fashion-trendy capital, Paris was the couture and that was where I grew up in that couture environment and this all remained with me,” Costelloe said. “This collection kind of reflects that period.”

London Fashion Week runs until September 17 with Burberry, Erdem and Simone Rocha among the labels on the schedule.