Haider Ackermann triumphs at Jean Paul Gaultier. Fendi and Valentino upend expectations.
PARIS — Going to a week of fashion shows can be like overdosing on any art form: going to art gallery after art gallery, Off Broadway play after Off Broadway play; reading thriller after thriller. A lot of what you ingest is derivative, some of it is staid, some just plain silly. But every once in awhile you experience something that, in its clarity and power, knocks you flat. That’s the high; the thing that keeps people coming back time and again.
And on Wednesday, when Haider Ackermann unveiled his collection for Jean Paul Gaultier couture, it happened in
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