Business as usual at Paris haute couture shows as protests rage in France

Houses present elite collections amid nationwide unrest, with Celine the only brand to acknowledge events

Dior took over the Paris’s Musee Rodin, building a pop-up art-gallery-meets-catwalk in the garden. The rapper Cardi B flew in to watch Schiaparelli, wearing a black velvet gown accessorised with gold earrings in the shape of a giant second pair of ears dangling to her shoulders.

In other words, all is business at usual at the haute couture shows in Paris, despite a weekend of nationwide unrest caused by the death of 17-year-old Nahel M in a suburb of the capital last week.

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