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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Designers raid the fancy dress box

Gallery Monday Haute Couture: A model wearing Christian Dior couture
Trying to work it dressed as a milkmaid is harder than you might expect, as demonstrated at Christian Dior Photograph: FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Christian Dior couture
Little Bo Peep sans sheep is seen stalking the Christian Dior runway Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.com
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Christian Dior couture
We like to think this is Dior's interpretation of the ocean, complete with frothy-topped waves Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.com
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Christian Dior couture
Elizabeth I is looking good for a 476-year-old Photograph: Tony Barson/WireImage.com
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: A model wearing Giorgio Armani couture
A modern-day Medusa stalks the Giorgio Armani show Photograph: JACKY NAEGELEN/REUTERS
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Giorgio Armani couture
But all of a sudden it goes all spray-on Orient Express Photograph: Rex Features/Sipa Press
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Giorgio Armani couture
Then a return to acres of billowing fabric on this geisha-inspired number Photograph: Tony Barson/WireImage.com
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: A model wearing Christophe Josse couture
Keeping Christophe Josse in business, clowns flocked to his Paris show to lust over this pretty pink creation Photograph: MAYA VIDON/EPA
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: A model wearing Christophe Josse couture
Josse's fabulously huge oyster shell shoulders take this dress to new heights Photograph: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Felipe Oliveira Baptista couture
Robocop meets strange floaty kaftan in this mind-bendingly odd creation from Felipe Oliveira Baptista Photograph: Marc Susset-Lacroix/WireImage.com
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Felipe Oliveira Baptista couture
A peaked helmet is necessary when wearing this ensemble to shield the wearer's eyes from their own reflection Photograph: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Stephane Rolland couture
Stéphane Rolland updates the LBD with an intriguing red-hot shift. Note the Michael Jackson-style cut-off gloves Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.com
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: Model wearing Stephane Rolland couture
Channelling Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love ladies, Stéphane Rolland's collection adds to the wealth of designers revisiting the 80s Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage.com
Gallery Monday Haute Couture: A model wearing Adeline Andre couture
The colour? The cut? The shoes? Is there anything to like about Adeline André's shapeless sheath? Photograph: BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS
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