Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login It was a game of numbers at Australian designer Christopher Esber’s show at the Palais de Tokyo on Thursday (Friday AEST). It took 700 hundred hours to complete the hand beading on just one of his blouses.

A denim suit was dipped in resin more than 10 times to create a perfectly waxed look. The beading on this blouse took 700 hours to complete. Getty A total of 34 models, including a pregnant Carmen Kass, walked the runway in 48 looks.

Esber and his team had less than four hours’ sleep the night before the show, where 300 guests watched the Sydney-born designer show for the second time in Paris. And a day later, Esber was named on Business of Fashion ’s “BoF 500”, considered the definitive list of who’s who in fashion. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

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