The Autumn/Winter 2010/11 shows at Paris Fashion Week come - for better or worse - leather bound. Also, “tribe” and “tribal” are words that often get tossed about in reference to this season’s collections. Sarah Mower of Style.com quoted Rick Owens as saying that his women are, ‘a sect of nuns with inner discipline’. Well, naturally I think Dune:

Punk Bene Gesserits at the Rick Owens A/W 2010/11 show

All photos from Style.com

A similar look from Rick Owens:

Rick Owens A/W 2010/11

More hooded severity from A.F. Vandervorst and Haider Ackermann:

A.F. Vandervorst A/W 2010/11

A.F. Vandervorst A/W 2010/11

A.F. Vandervorst A/W 2010/11

Haider Ackermann A/W 2010/11

Haider Ackermann A/W 2010/11

Here, a chained dress from Gareth Pugh that I can’t help but associate with the manga Biomega by Tsutomu Nihei:

Gareth Pugh A/W 2010/11

detail from Biomega, Volume 1, Tsutomu Nihei’s nightmarish but brilliantly rendered future.

More leathery looks from Gareth Pugh, Haider Ackermann, Karl Lagerfeld and Pedro Lourenço:

Gareth Pugh A/W 2010/11

Gareth Pugh A/W 2010/11

Gareth Pugh A/W 2010/11

The best jackets this season (with detachable sections) from Haider Ackermann’s A/W 2010/11 collection

Haider Ackermann A/W 2010/11

Haider Ackermann A/W 2010/11

Haider Ackermann A/W 2010/11

Karl Lagerfeld A/W 2010/11

A look from 19-year-old Pedro Lourenço’s A/W 2010/11 collection