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Paris Couture Week: All or Nothing

Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Schiaparelli Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2023.
Schiaparelli Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2023. (Getty Images)

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Chanel Takes Us to the River

Virginie Viard is the latest designer to join in fashion’s pre-Olympic celebration of Paris, both as city and state of mind, writes Tim Blanks.

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