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Paris Fashion Week favourites and flops

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As Paris Fashion Week draws to a close, we round up the best and worst of this year's event. Karl Lagerfeld turned the Chanel show into a giant aquarium, Jean-Paul Gaultier reinvented classic pieces with a street twist, and Sarah Burton for McQueen was theatrical with a feminine touch. But who will be crowned winner? Plus, tune in to find out who was the undisputed "flop" of Fashion Week.

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