Coverage dated July 9, 2026

Bare skin, fantasy and the machine: 3 takeaways from Paris’ starry couture week

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Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli's Balenciaga debut is the most anticipated show of Paris couture week, which ends Thursday. Across 30 houses, designers exposed the body, buried it in volume or erased it altogether, while others fled into fairy tales, masked balls and mourning-white spectacle as a heat w…

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    Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli's Balenciaga debut is the most anticipated show of Paris couture week, which ends Thursday. Across 30 houses, designers exposed the body, buried it in volume or erased it altogether, while others fled into fairy tales, masked balls and mourning-white spectacle as a heat w…

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