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What Happened to Fashion’s Dream Factory?

What was once pure fantasy now puts commerciality first. What’s lost, and what’s gained, in the new era of couture.
Looks from Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring/Summer 2022 Haute Couture.
Looks from Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring/Summer 2022 Haute Couture. (Jean Paul Gaultier, Indigital)

It was a nostalgic Paris couture week, as the industry mourned the loss of two fashion greats, designer Manfred Thierry Mugler and journalist André Leon Talley. One created spectacle, the other documented it.

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