Andreas Kronthaler hints at end to fashion weeks for label

Dame Vivienne’s husband takes top billing in Paris, but the look remains unmistakably Westwood

Backstage at Vivienne Westwood’s Paris show the designer was in typically provocative mood, declaring: “I am not sure how much longer fashion weeks will be feasible for, in the future.” However, that designer was not Westwood herself but her husband, Andreas Kronthaler, who for the past three years has taken top billing at the Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood show.

This label remains unmistakably Westwood. It retains both its distinctive look – think 18th-century French punk – and the environmental activism she embraced decades before it became acceptable, let alone fashionable, in mainstream culture. The Dame herself watched Saturday’s show from the front row, and joined Kronthaler arm-in-arm for a catwalk lap of honour.