Dior tough guys hot on Paris catwalk

Dior, the French fashion house known for the dreamy beauty of its clothes, showed a new much tougher side in its Paris menswear show Saturday. It's wasn't quite skinhead chic but it wasn't far from it with every trope in the punk wardrobe from string vests to dangling trouser braces referenced, invariably set off by big Dr Marten-style boots. Dark, moody and menacing, there was even something slightly S&M in the way that Dior's Belgium-born designer Kris Van Assche managed to turn the braces into chest armour-cum-jewellery.

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Dior tough guys hot on Paris catwalk

Hollywood and the Fashion World Mourn Fashion Photographer Bill Cunningham

Designers, models and ‘New York Times’ colleagues pay tribute to the late photographer.

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Hollywood and the Fashion World Mourn Fashion Photographer Bill Cunningham