Playful gender-bending at the Paris fashion shows
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A model present a creation by Italian designer Marco Zanini as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for French fashion house Rochas during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Croatian designer Damir Doma as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Croatian designer Damir Doma as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations by Croatian designer Damir Doma as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations by designer Marcel Marongiu as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for Guy Laroche fashion house during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations by designer Marcel Marongiu as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for Guy Laroche fashion house during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations by designers Nicolas Formichetti and Sebastien Peigne as part of their Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for Thierry Mugler fashion house during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations by Italian designer Marco Zanini as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for French fashion house Rochas during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model present a creation by Italian designer Marco Zanini as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for French fashion house Rochas during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Croatian designer Damir Doma as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Croatian designer Damir Doma as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by Croatian designer Damir Doma as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by designer Marcel Marongiu as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for Guy Laroche fashion house during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by designer Marcel Marongiu as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for Guy Laroche fashion house during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by designers Nicolas Formichetti and Sebastien Peigne as part of their Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for Thierry Mugler fashion house during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by Italian designer Marco Zanini as part of his Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for French fashion house Rochas during Paris fashion week, on Sept 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
PARIS (AP) - Blurring the lines between the masculine and feminine is as old as Shakespeare.
Wednesday's fashion week previews in Paris - the second of eight days on the spring-summer 2013 calendar - showed that, over the centuries, playful gender-bending has lost none of its creative allure.
Dries Van Noten, who cut his teeth as a men's designer in Antwerp, produced the day's strongest show, mixing traditional menswear cuts with his own floral signature in a harmonious play on colour.
Damir Doma, meanwhile, who also trained in Antwerp, fused masculine-tinged Cossack gear, martial arts dress and buckles alongside more feminine touches.
