Paris Fashion Week fall 2013 trends

Rick Owens - fall 2013.  (Patrick Kovarik / AFP / Getty Images)

Rick Owens fall - 2013.  (Patrick Kovarik / AFP / Getty Images)

Valentino fall - 2013.   (Ian Langsdon / EPA)

Haider Ackermann - fall 2013.   (Pierre Verdy / AFP Getty Images)

Celine fall - 2013.   (Martin Bureau / AFP / Getty Images)

Dries Van Noten.   (Ian Langsdon / EPA)

Givenchy - fall 2013.   (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Sacai fall - 2013.   (Martin Bureau / Getty Images)

Christian Dior - fall 2013.   (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Combat boots at Saint Laurent. Platforms and extreme heels, be gone. Instead, we saw metallic creepers at Damir Doma, lug sole flats at Rochas, lug-sole loafers at Stella McCartney and lug-sole boots at Miu Miu. At least when you do step into fall, it will be with feet firmly planted.   (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP/Getty Images)

Combat boots at Saint Laurent.   (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Combat boots at Saint Laurent.   (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Metallic creepers at Damir Doma.  (GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO / EPA)

Metallic creepers at Damir Doma.  (PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP/Getty Images)

Lug sole flat shoes on the runway during the Rochas fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho / WireImage)

Lug sole flat shoes on the runway during the Rochas fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP/Getty Images)

Lug-soled boots by fashion designer Stella McCartney for her fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (Christophe Ena / AP)

Lug-soled boots by fashion designer Stella McCartney for her fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Lug sole flat shoes by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten for the fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (IAN LANGSDON / EPA)

Biker boots by Chanel at the fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Biker boots by Chanel at the fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Biker boots by Chanel at the fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Forget crystal collars and cuff bracelets. The statement piece on the fall runways was the ear cuff, seen at Jean Paul Gaultier, Chloe and Dries Van Noten (pictured), where makeup artist Peter Philips afixed crystals to models¿ ears by hand.  (Victor VIRGILE / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Ear cuff seen at the Chloe fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Ear cuff seen at the Chloe fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.  (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Ear cuff on the runway at the Jean Paul Gaulter fall-winter 2013 ready-to-wear show as part of Paris Fashion Week.   (Catwalking / Getty Images)