The air felt unusually cold at the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday morning, and it wasn't the chill of an absent Wintour's glare. It was the -4c chill beaming from the iceberg that Karl Lagerfeld imported as the backdrop to his autumn/winter 2010/2011 collection show. The berg was revealed as a huge white rectangular screen lifted slowly as the show commenced.

Models walked on water like north pole saviours in Yeti-like coats, crystal-heeled boots, furry chaps and ice-themed accessories. The Swedish iceberg, while seemingly no colder than the outside air, provided an ideal backdrop for the snug collection.

The reality of the prop contrasted with the fakery of the fur used in chaps, coats, boots, trims and pants. While so many in the audience wore dead animals, Karl had pushed his suppliers to find ways of creating an array of new fake furs in unusual textures for this collection.

Plenty muttered afterwards that the fur onesie was just the thing for the current Paris weather, while the clear-heeled Yeti boots would make the ideal apres ski kick come next ski season. More conservative hits were the quartz and agate rings, necklaces and bangles, brown tweed cape and jacket and pretty white knit dress with ice-blue panels.

Steering the collection was a Beau Brummel-style captain dressed in high-waisted white pants, black dinner jacket and looped tie. She mimicked Karl's new look of acid wash jeans and navy pea coat, a departure from his usual black and white high-collared get up.

Uncle Karl's never one to miss a zeitgeist move, and he's tapped into the emerging backpack trend with a cute little black number. He's also on the money with the music, with tumping emotive classical music produced by Paris DJ Michel Gaubert.

What could he possibly do next to out-do this extravaganza? I say host it on the moon with a skwee-step soundtrack that's heavy on the bass.