Ho Ho Haught Couture

Fashion, it seems, is dominated by the powerful obsession with being new and groundbreaking while not straying far from the established look. What is "in" this year, as evidenced by the costumes modelled on the runways in Paris and Milan, has as much relationship to what people wear as a Formula One racecar has to the family sedan.

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