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Amber Rose dresses like a speed-skating statuette at Chanel Haute Couture. Do you like her outfit?

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Amber Rose's tribute to the Olympics (or the Oscars?) at Chanel Haute Couture. Photo courtesy of Chanel

Kanye West paramour Amber Rose is not known for dressing conservatively and indeed, her parade of Men’s/Couture Week outfits have been designed to very specifically not blend in. There was the head-to-toe fur at Louis Vuitton’s men’s show, a furry LV muff at the Dior Homme show that inspired many a “muff diving” reference, and at yesterday’s Kris Van Assche show, a knit dress so cut-away, it would make Mark Fast blush. While some of Rose’s looks are head-scratching, we can always appreciate someone who can do over-the-top (really over-the-top) looks.

At yesterday’s Chanel Haute Couture show, Rose donned a full-length golden hooded body stocking dress that hits somewhere between speed skater and awards-show statuette. Do you like her look?

Click the images below to see more pics from the Chanel show, including Claudia Schiffer, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Alexa Chung


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Couture by the numbers: The figures behind Chanel’s spring presentation

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Photo via Coutorture

Photo via Coutorture

Ever wondered why haute couture is so expensive? We mean, it’s obviously expensive, but there are at least a few good reasons for the price tag. Couture uses the best fabrics (period) and everything–everything–is created by hand. Behold, some numbers from today’s Chanel Haute Couture show that reveal just how much goes into creating these garments.

3: The number of hours it takes to create one metre of the collection’s hand-sewn “hidden seams.” Some garments took 35 hours for the seams alone.

1,300: The number of hours it took to create the wedding dress and cape worn by Abbey Lee Read more »


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Karl Lagerfeld sends out shorts at Chanel haute couture

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Photos via Coutorture

Does anything prove the dominance of shorts this spring than their appearance on the runway at Couture Week? At the Chanel show this morning short suits made their way down the runway in shimmering dark grey, cream, lemon yellow, pastel pink, and light blue. Read more »


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