Haute couture collections, summer 2025: Playful modernisation

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Feb 28, 202500:05:59Arts

What do designers Olivier Saillard, Kevin Germanier, Stéphane Rolland, Khol by Hamza Guelmouss and Valentin Nicot as well as Julien Fournié all have in common? They are reinventing the notion of haute couture, often in a...

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