12 of the most gorgeous looks from Couture Fashion Week (we can dream right?)
Couture Fashion Week is in full swing, when the industry's heavyweights - Chanel and Dior among them - are given the chance to throw commercialism to the wind and forget about wearability.
This is fashion at its most exquisite, theatrical and, lest we forget, its most expensive. Most of us won't have couture budgets, but we can dream, so we've found the most dramatic, desirable dresses to gaze over.
From beaded flapper dresses to shimmering pink gowns, see fashion's most ostentatious, show-stopping looks:
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Kendall Jenner looks like a pre-Raphaelite goddess in her Fendi look.
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It doesn't get more dramatic than a red cape and dress in rich taffeta.
Givenchy
Couture doesn't always have to be about frothy gowns - Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy's monochrome dress with trousers worn underneath feels artfully modern.
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Delicately does it at Elie Saab with floor-length princess dresses covered in sequins and flowers.
IndigitalGiambattista Valli
A bit much you say? We just want to dive into all the frothy layers of chiffon and tulle.
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Karen Elson shows off the season's key erogenous zone - the shoulders - at the Atelier Versace show.
IndigitalAlberta Ferretti Limited Edition
Who says couture has to a frothy gown? This beaded mini dress had a 1920s flapper vibe about it.
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Schiaparelli offered the perfect little black dress - super flattering and utterly timeless.
IndigitalUlyana Sergeenko
Russian designer Ulyana Sergeenko delivered a lesson in modern princess dressing.
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Draping never looked as beautiful than when worn by Carolyn Murphy at Atelier Versace.
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We love the Italian widow element of Dior's off-the-shoulder black gown - restrained yet elegant.
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What to wear when you feel like wearing a sheer bejewelled sheath.
