Karl Lagerfeld presented his Metiers d’Arts pre-fall collection in Paris this week, with a working theme of ‘Paris–Bombay’. It was a blockbusting affair, complete with banquet tables and lashings of Indian references (despite the fact that Karl says he’s never actually been to India). He quipped backstage: ‘It’s much more inspiring not to go to places than to go’ (captions by Simon Chilvers)