Victoria Beckham wears winter woollen tights with open-toe sandals as she shops in Paris

While most people would avoid teaming tights with open-toed shoes where possible, Victoria Beckham made a point of wearing exactly that when she browsed what Paris' stores had to offer on Thursday.

The fashion designer kept out the chilly temperatures thanks to her dark woolly tights which she teamed with a mostly black ensemble.

Keeping her aviator sunglasses firmly on as she left department store Printemps, the 39-year-old failed to flash a smile despite being greeted by a crowd of fans.

The pop star turned designer wore an on-trend pleated midi skirt which hid her slim pins underneath.

Teaming it with a simple knit, Victoria made sure to add a colour injection to her ensemble which came in the form of a bright pink top underneath.

Clutching her phone tightly in her hand, the star's hair looked to be in perfect condition as she wore it down in soft wave over her shoulders.

However it was undoubtedly her tights and shoe combo that caught peoples attention as she strolled out into the street.

She tweeted in the morning to say: 'Bonjour Paris! Excited to be meeting customers at @Printemps today! x vb'

Before later adding: 'Thank u @Printemps for a great event today!' as she spends time in the French capital as part of the city's fashion week.

Victoria recently admitted her first experience of a fashion show was like 'another world'.

The singer-turned-designer found her first ever front row experience at a Versace show in Milan completely surreal and says it marked a turning point in her life.

Speaking in her new Skype Collaboration Project documentary, the 39-year-old icon recalled: 'When I was in the Spice Girls I got invited to go to a Versace fashion show, and I'd never been to a fashion show and Donatella Versace flew me, on a private plane with my friend, to Milan. It was all very glamorous and it was taking me into a completely different world.

'I've still got the dress that I wore - the black, leather dress - and funnily enough I saw Donatella not too long ago - we judged the Woolmark awards in London and I hadn't seen her for years and years and we had a chat whilst we were judging and she said, 'Do you remember when you came to Milan?' and I said, 'God, do I remember? Are you kidding, that was the most exciting thing I'd ever done."'

The style-savvy superstar also recalled her extreme anxiety before presenting her first collection because she wanted every last detail to be perfect.

She confessed: 'I felt really anxious, sick, nerves like I've never had nerves before. I'd worked really hard on this collection. I remember the night before I was downstairs with a florist in a pair of hotel slippers at about 4 o'clock in the morning - redoing the flowers because I didn't like the way that the flowers looked.'

Victoria Beckham had her big day at New York Fashion Week earlier in the month when she showed her collection for AW14 to the fashion masses but now the designer and ex-pop star is in Paris no doubt taking in a few shows of her designer friends. Oh and doing some shopping as well.

And today she stepped out in an altogether perfectly styled winter daytime look. The soft black knit, the grey tights, the pleated midi skirt, all from her latest fall 2014 line of course. It's ladylike and sophisticated and basically we want the lot.

The skirt in particular is catching our fashion eye. It's a very fashionable midi length, demure and understated. And the pleats add volume and a pleasing swoosh as she sidles by. Mrs Beckham is big on pleats in her own collections for both SS14 in adorable mini tennis dresses and the fall in longer looks so this is obviously a favourite aesthetic of hers.

If VB does it, you know you want to do it too so check out the grown up skirts we've found below. Pleats galore and not one over £50. Result!