Autumn/Winter 26/27: Young designers embrace sartorial optimism

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Mar 13, 202600:06:00Arts

Wars, conflicts, the rise of populism, and the meteoric advance of artificial intelligence – in a world full of uncertainty, how and why can we continue to create new fashion collections? Students from the French Fashion...

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