# The latest in haute coutre, or What are Fashion Designers Smoking?

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**Created:** [October 11, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-haute-coutre-or-what-are-fashion-designers-smoking/268671 "2004-10-11T17:23:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-haute-coutre-or-what-are-fashion-designers-smoking/268671/1 "2004-10-11T17:23:19Z")

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[Link](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14741758%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline=this-season-i-will-mostly-be-wearing---a-bag-on-my-head-name_page.html)

Not that I could ever afford a Paris creation, much less fit into a size 0 or 2 or whatever size the runway models are wearing this year, but jeez! Are they just out to shock, or do they actually make clothes real women could, much less want to wear?

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**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-haute-coutre-or-what-are-fashion-designers-smoking/268671/2 "2004-10-11T17:34:37Z")

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I kinda liked the lederhosen-and-football-pads getup, myself.

I always get the feeling they’re following a strategy of throwing it all against the wall and seeing what sticks. One weird-ass thing they do might resonnate, and then all the rest of the weird-ass for weird-assness’ sake that _didn’t_ work is forgotten, and the designer is heralded as a bold visionary.