High hemlines and power shoulders: Stella McCartney goes full-on 80s glamour in Paris

The idea, said McCartney, ‘was a bold day-to-night wardrobe for the working woman’. Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

On the second day of Paris fashion week, Stella McCartney took Kate Moss, Cameron Diaz and Brigitte Macron to the fourth floor of a tower block, where she turned an imaginary office space into a full-on 80s glamour assault.

Hemlines were high, but the thigh-tracing boots peeking out from under suits were somehow higher. Pole dancers spun in crystal leotards by photocopiers, and through lace tights we even got a bare bottom. “I wanted to bring the sexy back,” said McCartney backstage. “It’s all legal!”