Images: Haute Couture Week in Paris

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Models wear creations by fashion designer Alexis Mabille as part of his Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier appears at the end of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Fashion designer Donatella Versace as part of her Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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Models wear creations by fashion designer Alexis Mabille as part of his Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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Israeli model Bar Refaeli arrives to the Dior Spring-Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Maurizio Galante as part of his Spring-Summer 2012 Haute Couture collection, in Paris, Monday Jan. 23, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Bulgarian designers Livia and Yassen Samouilov as part of his presentation for the On Aura Tout Vu Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris. Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by fashion designer Alexis Mabille as part of his Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by German Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his presentation for Chanel Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen as part of her Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giambattista Valli as part of his Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Chinese-born French fashion designer Yiqing Yin as part of her Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Stephane Rolland as part of his presentation Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Maurizio Galante as part of his Spring-Summer 2012 Haute Couture collection, in Paris, Monday Jan. 23, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Franck Sorbier as part of his Spring-Summer 2012 Haute Couture collection, in Paris, Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012.

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French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier kisses a model after the presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by fashion designer Alexis Mabille as part of his Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Chinese-born French fashion designer Yiqing Yin as part of her Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by fashion designer Alexis Mabille as part of his Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012..

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A model wears a creation by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Stephane Rolland as part of his presentation Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Bulgarian designers Livia and Yassen Samouilov as part of his presentation for the On Aura Tout Vu Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris. Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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Models wear creations by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Maurizio Galante as part of his Spring-Summer 2012 Haute Couture collection, in Paris, Monday Jan. 23, 2012.

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Models wear creations by Lebanese designer Elie Saab as part of his Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by French Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his presentation for Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012.

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A model wears a creation by Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen as part of her Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

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Images from the Women's Spring Summer 2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, France. Jean Paul Gaultier serve up a cigarettes-and-all homage to late singer Amy Winehouse and Valentino show off the dazzling couture work of seamstresses who toiled for thousands of hours to create a lavish white collection. Lebanese designer Elie Saab produced a fairy tale blockbuster, drawing in Hollywood stars sizing up dresses for Oscar season, and the importance of the Middle East and Asia in couture finance was represented as Bollywood actresses mixed alongside Arab and Chinese buyers. Wednesday marked the official debut for couture’s first-ever Chinese-born designer: Yiqing Yin.