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At Couture, Triumph at Last!

Haider Ackermann’s guest designership for Jean Paul Gaultier’s couture line finally brings the dramatic creative uplift this season has been missing.
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2023.
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2023. (Getty Images)

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Tim Blanks
Tim Blanks

Tim Blanks is Editor-at-Large at The Business of Fashion. He is based in London and covers designers, fashion weeks and fashion’s creative class.

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