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At Couture, the Murmuring 30s

The first days of the Paris couture shows offered subliminal reflections of other times and places when things were just as bad as they are now, writes Tim Blanks.
A look from Schiaparelli's Autumn/Winter 2022 Haute Couture collection.
A look from Schiaparelli's Autumn/Winter 2022 Haute Couture collection. (Getty Images)

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Tim Blanks
Tim Blanks

Tim Blanks is Editor-at-Large at The Business of Fashion. He is based in London and covers designers, fashion weeks and fashion’s creative class.

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