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Haute Couture, autumn-winter 2023/24: An ode to lightness

Haute Couture Iris van Herpen Maria Grazia Chiuri Dior Greece Paris Fashion Week

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Haute Couture is part of French soft power: creating thousands of jobs and huge profits, a world away from a dramatic news cycle. This season's Paris Fashion Week was no exception. Dior's show saw Maria Grazia Chiuri reinventing the pleats of ancient Greece, while Iris van Herpen experimented with new shapes to allow movement. In their new collections, the two fashion houses are creating an ode to lightness – perhaps an antidote to our turbulent times?

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