Paris recently saw violent riots over the killing of 17-year-old Nahel M., shot dead when he tried to flee a traffic stop on 27 June, putting the fashion world on edge as its couture week kicks off on Monday.
CPARIS, France - The fashion world is on edge as haute couture week kicks off on Monday in Paris, which has seen nights of violent riots over the police killing of a teenager.
Violence appeared to be ebbing somewhat in and around the French capital over the weekend, and the haute couture shows, celebrating the most expensive, tailor-made end of fashion, were due to go ahead as planned, the French fashion federation told AFP on Sunday. That continues this week, with couturier Mohammad Ashi becoming the first Saudi designer to show as part of the official haute couture week roster with his eponymous label.
Saudi Arabia has been pumping billions, not just into fashion but everything from film to football, as part of radical social changes overseen by de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. "I'm super happy to have lived through all this and to do my first show," he told AFP in his apartment-workshop last week while finalising the collection.
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