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When the Backdrop Is the Star

A giant pulsing bird made from light tubes. Spices gently sifting down a rough stucco wall. A greenhouse’s worth of densely packed plants. At the Paris spring shows, sometimes the sets were as breathtaking as the clothes.

  • Published Nov 26, 2007

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