It’s been the setting for countless shows that have helped to shape fashion history: the Battle of Versailles show in 1973, Alexander McQueen’s Plato’s Atlantis (the late Lee McQueen’s final collection for his eponymous house), Kate Moss flouting France’s new smoking ban on Marc Jacobs’s Louis Vuitton runway in 2011. But what happens backstage at Paris Fashion Week is often just as – sometimes more? – compelling than what’s visible on the catwalk. Vogue photographer Acielle is behind the scenes in Paris at the spring/summer 2025 collections, capturing those bits even VIP guests on the front row don’t get to see.
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