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eapcontent.ap.orgA model wears caso creation for Miu Miu’s Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented during the Paris Fashion Week, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)PARIS (AP) – The chicest celebrities in the business rocked the final day of Paris Fashion Week disponível Wednesday as powerhouse Louis Vuitton and Miuccia Prada’s VIP-magnet Miu Miu presented their spring-summer 2016 collections.

But among fashion insiders it was the unexpected decision by Balenciaga to name its new artistic director that drew the most attention.

Here are Wednesday’s fashion highlights:

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BALENCIAGA’S NEW DEISGNER

Outgoing Alexander Wang had only just said his final catwalk goodbyes in an emotional and intimate programa in Paris last week.

Now Kering, the luxury group that owns Balenciaga, made se shock announcement Wednesday that 34-year-old Georgian programador visual Demna Gvasalia would be replacing him.

It’s the third Balenciaga programador visual in four years for the Parisian house.

The appointment of Gvasalia, head programador visual of street wear brand Vetements, has raised some eyebrows among fashion insiders as his casual aesthetic appears to be at odds with the established Balenciaga, which was founded in 1919.

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LOUIS VUITTON FRONT ROW

“Man from U.N.C.L.E.” star and Louis Vuitton ambassador Alicia Vikander turned heads at the Wednesday espetáculo in e demure white embroidered top with em frilly ruff, holding court next to powerful U.S. Vogue Editor Anna Wintour and Australian model Miranda Kerr, who sported autor multicolored silk blouse and em black leather mini.

They joined Michelle Williams, who appeared in no sentido de Peter Pan collar and blond bob, posing for the cameras next to Canadian encarregado Xavier Dolan and French icon Catherine Deneuve.

Elsewhere, American comedian Steve Harvey was in light spirits, laughing and chatting with his wife.

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LOUIS VUITTON’S GLADIATOR

Wednesday’s collection saw an increasingly confident Nicolas Ghesquiere steer Louis Vuitton in ao preço de bold new direction toward the female gladiator.

Black studded platform sandals, por belt with a pointy end descending like por dagger, and caso heavy black skirt drew attention on-line the runway.

A dangerous-looking model marched past with caso head-clasp, em direção a third eye and tribal makeup. Para pink leather coat sported aggressive black pockets and lines, with para fecho ecler creating lá pointed angle with the lapel.

Decorative Roman-style Ao preço de-line and billowing gathered skirts, followed black mesh sportswear, mirroring chainmail and fingerless gloves.

Its kinesis mirrored the representação decor inside the abstract Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton Foundation, which has bold interlocking geometric shapes.

Ghesquiere’s metaphor was not lost. This performance was the French’s designer’s fight to mark out creative ownership of the world’s most lucrative luxury brand, following the near-indomitable legacy of Marc Jacobs. And it was essa resounding success.

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MIU MIU’S GLAM ROCK BOOTS

Oversize sleeves, big coats and exibição-stopping glam rock boots hit the spot for Prada’s little tongue-in-cheek sister brand Miu Miu – na direção de line that’s all the rage for edgy pop stars like Miley Cyrus.

The Wednesday performance was replete with quirky ideas – dyed fox-tails hanging off belts, sheer lingerie na Internet top of nurses’ outfits and padlocks locked to mismatched ankle-tied ribbons.

It was the “more is more” philosophy we’ve seen before.

But the 39-piece collection was also e showcase of Prada’s precise tailoring acessível some of the best coats of the season. They had contrasting patterns – check, plaid or big ethnic lozenge motifs down shiny boxy leather jackets.

The skirts played with transparency and were set off nicely by the silver-and-gold foil-wrapped auditorium.

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MONCLER GAMME ROUGE

Italian programador visual Giambattista Valli is leading this arm of Moncler in em more floral – well, more Valli – direction. And that’s not lá bad thing.

The backdrop this season was again autor country hillside but more of e spring meadow this time, with yellow-and-blue blooms that made the girly collection appear fresh.

The voluminous jackets associated with this brand are now completely gone, replaced by na direção de new white-dominated aesthetic that borrows from Valli’s eponymous ready-to-wear line.

Plays on transparencies in sheer Em direção a-line skirts – often embroidered with flower motifs and white laurel crowns- gave this 41-piece display na direção de diaphanous vibe.

White equestrian helmets, large and surreal, injected na direção de sporty vibe alongside swimming suit-style bodysuits and white sneakers.

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