The forces of fashion in the French capital completed a month of extraordinary shows with an artfully crafted touch. If you've been suffering from work-from-home comfy attire fatigue, the top creative minds at Paris Fashion Week might just have the antidote to it with these trends.

Take a closer look at our breakdown of the top trends from Paris Fashion Week SS21.

1. The trend: The return of the miniskirt

Miu Miu, Chanel, Coperni.

"The Miu Miu show seemed like the Euphoria generation's guide to dressing effortlessly," Vogue reported hours after its live broadcast. The youthful energy, especially that of model Lila Grace Moss, who made her successful runway debut on Miu Miu's SS21 runway, was fully ramped up. In Mrs. Prada's hands, the miniskirt - a statement on the original '60s youthquake, a term coined in 1965 by Diana Vreeland, then editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine - blended into a collection buzzing with optimism.

2. The trend: poetic armor

Nina Ricci, Patou, Loewe, Ellery.

As Vogue's Sarah Mower pointed out, Loewe's disparate proportions 'literally say a lot about the women who take up space in the world'. JW Anderson's shorthand? 'Poetic armor' and the route by which we could find ourselves 'escaping with the clothes'.

3. The Trend: Loose Tailoring

Louis Vuitton, The Row, Balenciaga.

While the roomy silhouettes of past seasons highlighted the distressed side of oversized cuts, the mood for this spring's trendsetter takes a more meaningful approach. For SS21, Louis Vuitton's tailored pants are a symbol of unifying freedoms. 'My question this season was less about one issue; it was about this zone between femininity and masculinity,' Nicolas Ghesquière told Vogue's Nicole Phelps days before the show.

'This area is highlighted by non-binary people, people who are giving themselves a lot of freedom by dressing how they want and in turn giving a lot of freedom to all of us. I found it inspiring to explore what are the garments that represent this wardrobe that is neither feminine nor masculine. I wanted to get closer to that middle section.'

4. The trend: theatrical transparencies

Maison Margiela, Givenchy, Loewe, Christopher Esber.

If you (like us) had missed out on the fast-paced theatrics of fashion during the middle of 2020, PFW SS21 was a milestone to remember with Maison Margiela and Loewe showcasing collections abounding in artful drama. Discover the silhouettes proposed from transparent layers, a part of the artisanal approach that JW Anderson de Loewe continues to reinject into fashion. "We were all in lockdown when we were doing this," Anderson told Vogue. 'We had big problems getting fabric, so we used what we had. My message was: just make your fantasy of what you want! It was a great team effort. Each look is to show craftsmanship and fashion.'

5. The trend: lingerie details

Paco Rabanne, Balenciaga, Kwaidan Editions.

'I heard a quote from Martin Margiela when he worked there, about the value of time stamps on clothes. That moved me deeply,' Balenciaga's Demna Gvasalia told Vogue's Sarah Mower by phone from her home in Switzerland. If there's a nod to antiquity in Gvasalia's reference to classic Parisian lingerie, as if she's lifted from another era, she's underpinned by an unflinchingly modern outlook.

The accompanying collection notes stipulated that '93.5 per cent of the simple materials in this collection are certified sustainable or recycled. 100 percent of the printing bases have sustainable certifications', a fact that is inextricably linked to Gvasalia's own worldview.

'When I think about the future, it's not a Stanley Kubrick space age vision for me. Mine is down to earth. In ten years, everything that is fashionable will be sustainable. No discussion, right? I think we will reuse the clothes we have,' said the Balenciaga head of house. 'Time makes beautiful things'.

6. The trend: Draping

Altuzarra, Yohji Yamamoto, Y/Project, Balmain.

After a season of exposed bras and peek-a-boo underwear, you can trust Balmain's Olivier Rousteing to articulate what we've all been thinking. There is, he told Vogue, "a touch of sex in fashion today," something of the draping trend, which is more than a little reminiscent of the hastily tied cover-ups of sheets.

7. The trend: Fishing nets

Dries Van Noten, Rick Owens, Hermès, Balenciaga

Instead of a show, Dries Van Noten enlisted Dutch artist Viviane Sassen to shoot her SS21 lookbook and accompanying film. The result? An exhilarating beach vacation (even through the laptop screen) that captures the often-illusory essence of summer style: bliss. In addition to the crispest cotton shirts and cool new takes on the bermuda short, there's a hint of the pleasures of life by the sea through elegantly playful layers of fishnets.

Do you dare to wear these trends?