In Paris, themes and exotic inspirations took second place to new,
soft-edged shapes, reports Hilary Alexander
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The Paris prêt-à-porter week that ended yesterday was the season of
the shape-shifters and the scissor wizards; designers such as Stefano
Pilati at Yves Saint Laurent, John Galliano, Marc Jacobs at Louis
Vuitton and Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga who cut, sliced and
carved with surgical precision as they created new silhouettes for
autumn/winter 2008/09. [...] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2008/03/03/efparis103.xml