Fashion in the Instagram Age
The opening of Paris' haute couture season is a world of public performance, where every moment is recorded, shared and assessed
Paris
LAST week, at the opening of the haute couture season, in the gardens of Les Invalides, the gold-domed monument to France's military history where Napoleon is buried, Christian Dior created the world yet to be explored: Wooden crocodiles roamed over arid earth; giraffes through stands of bamboo; and eagles soared overhead beneath the canopy of a suspended map by artist Pietro Ruffo.
The next day, in the Grand Palais, Chanel rebuilt the Eiffel Tower, its girders reaching upward towards the glass ceiling, while in the shade of the structure's enormous metal limbs were assorted potted trees and green folding chairs meant to mimic Paris' most famous parks.
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