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Courreges returns to Paris, Carine Roitfeld debuts at Uniqlo

A model wears a creation by Rochas for the Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection, presented during the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A model wears a creation by Rochas for the Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection, presented during the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) A model wears a creation by Rochas for the Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection, presented during the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

By Associated Press 3 min read

PARIS (AP) – The great return of iconic couture house Courreges dominated the second day of Paris Fashion Week as fashion editor and celebrity Carine Roitfeld designed a rather foxy collection for Uniqlo.

Here are the highlights of Wednesday’s spring-summer 2016 Paris ready-to-wear shows:

COURREGES

The designs of Andre Courreges – who laid claim to the invention of the ’60s miniskirt (along with Mary Quant) – are back on the Paris catwalk after decades away, in one of the most highly anticipated house relaunches since Schiaparelli.

Courreges’ eponymous label once set the trends for stars like Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve who admired its ground-breaking geometry, plastic miniskirts, space-age silhouettes and futuristic textiles.