Designer Stella sizzles like a hot summer day

STELLA McCartney showed she’s coming along as a starring new designer, giving Paris a summer ready-to-wear show that was as fresh and sweet as a summer's day.

There were plenty of leggy looks at McCartney's show, held in Paris' handsome neoclassical old stock exchange. Short shorts were matched with tank tops, and mini skirts in shades of light grey were paired with floaty lace-edged tops.

Her fabric ideas for all the short clothes showed sophistication, with burnt silk voiles layered on chiffon, and twisted, layered light silks not as complicated as they sound.