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  • Why is Haute Couture "Toning Down"?

    Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 9:15 AM | By Samantha Henig

    A post from Double X writer Erika Kawalek:

    The Paris haute couture shows have come to a close. The reviews are in and there’s discussion going on about how luxury is being “toned down” for these “hard times,” how "fancy" is being "snubbed."

    In the case of the officially bankrupt house of Christian Lacroix this makes sense. He was forced to make do with bolts and scraps of fabric he already had lying around his studio. He drastically cut back on ... (Read more in Double X.)

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