Chiffon? In this economy?
This week’s Paris Haute Couture shows swapped the usual piles of handmade lace and crystal-coated leather for materials often on shelves at the Dollar Store — or even better yet, Home Depot, like latex balloons, crumpled chicken wire, ripped denim, and clumps of very photogenic hay.
The bargain-bin brilliance comes as U.S. inflation rates hit 4.2 percent, resulting in designer dresses that were once $500 to $2,000 now in the $10,000 range.
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