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Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week

PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 25: Designers Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri acknowledge the applause of the audience during the Valentino Spring/Summer 2012 Haute-Couture Show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Hotel Salomon de Rothschild on January 25, 2012 in Paris, France.

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A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows. The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals like Milan, Paris, London, and New York City. In the early and mid 2000s, fashion weeks sprang up around the globe to draw attention to designers elsewhere.

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