Queen Elizabeth gets a disco edge

Designer Vivienne Westwood took her fascination for Queen Elizabeth and designed a collection inspired by and named after London.

Westwood said she is a big fan of the Queen but recognizes that the role of monarch is a difficult one.

SOUNDBITE: Vivienne Westwood, designer, saying (English):

"I think she's absolutely marvelous. I think that job of being the queen is more important than being the queen. And so it's the image and what she represents is so important and what she represents in tradition and therefore some sort of security, and concrete, a sort of social cement that helps give us our national identity."

The show was trademark Westwood - with the standard tweeds, unfinished edges and platform shoes.

The collection also featured sequins which gave the runway an almost seventies feel.

In particular, a one-legged, single-shoulder jumpsuit looked more at home on the dance floor of the era's famous New York disco, Studio 54, than on the runway.

Paris Fashion Week continues with shows by John Galliano, Celine and Givenchy.

Alicia Powell, Reuters.