Paris fashion week turns heads

Manish Arora. It says something about the wig that the shoulders on this outfit go almost unremarked.
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Dress by Manish Arora, hair surely by Lego
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Not sure the model is entirely happy about this hairpiece
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Balmain went for gold, with sequins, brocade, fringing - anything, as long as it was gold
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Balmain is a label the high street retailers look to for inspiration - so the bad news is that your local high street will remain infested with oversized shoulders for some time
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English designer Peter Copping presented his second show for Nina Ricci, sticking to the label's feminine signature look. "Sensual, wearable clothes that define contemporary,” said the show notes.
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Some very wearable dresses were mixed with slightly less plausible frocks
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Rick Owens knows what he likes and sticks to it. "It's pretty much the same thing over and over again, but I try to give it a twist every season," he said after the show. Can't fault his honesty
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If any trend can be said to have emerged yesterday, it was bizarre headwear - more of which was found at Belgian label AF Vandevorst
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Inspiration from medieval dentistry at AF Vandevorst?
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Female superheroes in need of new costumes take note: your designer of choice shoud be Lie Sang Bong
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