At the couture shows in Paris last week, designers offered up their fair share of sartorial fantasy—but off the runway, it was girl about town Ilona Stole, dashing from show to show in a tailored tuxedo and a slick neat knot, who felt like the embodiment of modern womanhood. Just days before in London, Edie Campbell, in a sparkling Lanvin dinner jacket, black silk jumpsuit, and hazy gray shadow channeled the androgynous appeal of David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust days. And, among the ball gowns and updos at Cannes, it was Aymeline Valade in an evening suit, berry lips, and loose air-dried waves, that captured the attention of the fashion flock.
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