Couture Week: Armani contrasts classic with exotic
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Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani (centre), poses with United States actresses Uma Thurman (left), and Hilary Swank during a ceremony for the opening of his second boutique in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
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A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani (centre), poses with United States actresses Uma Thurman (left), and Hilary Swank during a ceremony for the opening of his second boutique in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show for Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris on Jan 22, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Giorgio Armani Prive during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection show in Paris on Jan 22, 2013 . -- PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (AP) - The red-carpet glamour of haute couture - with its dripping paillettes, glistening silks and exorbitant price tag - makes it a natural bedfellow for A-list actresses the world over.
The spring-summer season 2013 is certainly no exception, with Tuesday, the second day of couture week, attracting a throng of top stars, old and young - as it has for decades.
Kill Bill star Uma Thuman likes Armani couture so much that she flew in hundreds of miles especially to catch the 15-minute show.
"He's one of the few designers who's been dressing Hollywood actresses since the beginning," said Thurman of the Italian fashion legend, who held a typically sumptuous couture display of luxurious silks, with rhinestones, jet and crystal.
