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The Guardian - UK
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Jess Cartner-Morley in Paris

Tutu skirt takes centre stage in Paris as Chanel channels ballet trend

A model wears a tutu-style skirt on a catwalk with audience behind
A model on the catwalk for the Chanel show. Photograph: Mohammed Badra/EPA

Paris fashion has spoken: get ready for the year of the tutu skirt.

Chanel has thrown its might behind 2024’s first breakout look, with tulle dancers’ skirts the stars of the haute couture catwalk. Days after the tutu worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the title sequence of Sex and the City sold for $52,000 (£41,000) in Los Angeles – outstripping the estimate of $8,000-$12,000 expected by auction house Julien’s – Chanel has confirmed ballet as fashion’s new obsession.

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