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Surrealism and female-focus dominate day at Paris fashion week


Victoria Beckham and Jonathan Anderson think avant garde as Chemena Kamali debuts for Chloé

A series of influential creative director roles in womenswear being awarded to men, most notably the appointment of Seán McGirr to replace the outgoing Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, has provoked criticism that fashion is being mansplained to women. The lace blouses and high-waisted jeans, blanket coats and soft leather boots delighted the audience, and phones at Chloé HQ have been ringing off the hook with calls from celebrity stylists. Photograph: WWD/Getty ImagesBeckham, well aware that her own life is her label’s best advertisement, had hoped to wear her new “escalation” trousers, with an elongated wide cut “that makes the leg look extra long” on the day of her show.

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