Bondage Chic
From footwear as headwear to Christian Lacroix’s farewell collection, VIEW OUR GALLERY of the most glamorous, outrageous, and kinkiest looks from the Paris haute-couture shows.
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Turkish designer Cengiz Abazoglu brought a monochrome palette to his show—red tights, red gloves, red shoes, crazy red headwear.
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We wonder how long it took for this model to get into this outfit from French designer Francois Eymeric-but then, couture has never been about easy-on, easy-off wear.
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John Galliano channeled serious old-fashioned glamour with his Dior collection, fashioning his models like '80s power women meets pin-up girls.
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Eric Tibusch of France doesn't mess around-feathers, fur, leather gloves, and a spangled leotard? This is couture at its most extreme.
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Eric Tibusch also showed a trend we're not so sure about-footwear as headwear. But it does certainly provide a use for shoes that have lost their mates-just turn them into hats and you're set.
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Designer Christian Lacroix (who had to file for bankruptcy earlier this year), seemed to be communing with higher powers in his holier-than-thou collection.
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French president Sarkozy may have spoken out against the burqa earlier this summer, but the designers at Givenchy clearly pulled inspiration from Middle Eastern garments.
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John Galliano stopped at nothing when it came to showing vintage glamour for Dior-diamond bows, a feminine bustier, and a big lace skirt, oh my!
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Chanel's typical black-and-white palette (minus the black) reigned at Karl Lagerfeld's couture show at the Grand Palais.
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A model shows off Lebanese designer Georges Hobeika's complex mini-dress creation, complete with cut-outs and a patent belt.
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Giorgio Armani (who will turn 75 this weekend) showed a distinctly flapper-inspired collection in Paris.
Alexis Mabille proved that sometimes, skin is better than fabric when it comes to design.
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Bulgarian designers Livia Stoianovo and Yassen Samouilov and Portugese designer Andre de sa Pessoa shared a Parisian runway with some of the week's most fanciful designs, like this forest-inspired leaves and berries get-up.
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The same kooky runway show featured jewel-encrusted saws as accessories and other nods to the ties between beauty and violence.
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John Galliano's Dior presentation felt at times like an '80s prom, and at others like a decadent Elizabethan dream, but when this white dress came out, it was pure bridal fantasy.
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