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"Elsewhere, designers are struggling to decide whether couture is about high fashion or high concept, taking style into the realm of art. The Viktor & Rolf collection, with its sculptural shapes and Zen spirit, also was beautiful in its ascetic way, going deeply into the conceptual realm, with no idea that could be defined as seasonal clothing."
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