Most Paris dress designers belong to the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, which is French for "No photographs of zee newest fashions may be publeeshed unteel one month aftair les showeeings à Paree." This restriction on photos gives the secretive designers and the buyers of originals a jump on design pirates, who can take a look at a photograph and run up a copy before the respectable houses can get their seams straight. Last week the deadline expired, and U.S. women could stop studying sketches and at last have a look at...
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