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At Paris Fashion Week, Real Life and Liberation

Reality was front and centre at Paris Fashion Week, but this season’s winners both addressed and transcended our current state of affairs, reports Angelo Flaccavento, who beamed into Paris from his base in Italy.
Rick Owens Spring/Summer 2021 | Source: Courtesy
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  • Angelo Flaccavento
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Real life remains the topic du moment in fashion land, which is little surprise, given the facts of our current existence are wilder than any fiction. The bizarre Paris Fashion Week which closed on Tuesday was further proof of life piercing the fashion bubble.

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