On the Runway: Spring 2011 Couture

Paris' semi-annual Couture Week is an over-the-top celebration of the very finest in luxury fashion design, a chance for designers to indulge their most impractical whimsies--no matter how expensive or un-sellable--and for fans to revel in the glittery spectacle of their unfettered imaginations.

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On the Runway: Spring 2011 Couture

Paris' semi-annual Couture Week is a celebration of the very finest in luxury fashion design. Here, the highlights from Dior, Chanel, Armani Prive, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and more.

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