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Paris Fashion Week Womenswear S/S 25 has won the contest for the zaniest front rows. Legendary photographer Ellen von Unwerth was delighted with that.

It was a Paris Fashion Week full of rumors. The shows took place as Chanel, perhaps the most famous Parisian fashion house, looks for a creative director in the wake of Virginie Viard’s departure earlier this year.