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"Haute Ticket".(Paris fashion shows)

Vogue

| September 01, 2008 | Talley, Andre Leon | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: --ANDR�% LEON TALLEY

If you are lucky and pick the right season, you can still find incredible beauty, luxury, and fantasy coupled with real-life clothes at the Paris couture. Here was another round of endless front-row spectacle of great-looking people and some ghastly-looking people, but let us concentrate on the good side of the City of Light: the four tours de force I attended.

Karl Lagerfeld found his inspiration in, of all things, organ pipes. His eureka moment came at a concert at Salle Gaveau in Paris. He developed a new futuristic couture, sending out dresses with embroidered surfaces that, if you looked closely, conveyed a sense ...

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