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Thriller Style.(Michael Jackson-styled jacket)(Brief article)

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Byline: Michael Carl

At the Jeff Koons exhibit in the Palace of Versailles, a rococo sculpture of Michael Jackson was conspicuously displayed in the Salon de Venusa suitably opulent wing of Louis XIV's royal apartments. Although the King of Pop had been transformed into a museum piece, his iconic styleThird-World-dictator-type jackets and narrow pantslooked fresh on this season's runways. Balmain's cotton jacket with extended angular shoulders and a xylophone pattern of metal closures is slightly rigid, but a pair of ripped, acid-washed jeans adds some irreverence and sex appeal to the look. The neat and precise rows of buttons on Chris Benz's cropped jacket give structure to the filmy silk top underneath. And the jutting epaulet trimmed with gold fringe on Diesel's ...

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