Meanwhile, in Paris

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Earlier this month, Karl Lagerfeld told the Times that the recession had brought about a new era of modesty, but Giorgio Armani isn't buying it: "If you react to the crisis, you can't produce high fashion. High fashion is like watching a beautiful film, it belongs to a different world." [Reuters; Previously]