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Even before the Squid Game star HoYeon Jung opened the Louis Vuitton womenswear show last October, walking the runway in a white skirt and crop top with oversized zippers, the spectacle had already begun. On arrival at the Louvre’s Cour Carrée, guests had discovered an enormous set with crimson red panels and spear-like ‘stamen’ emerging from the top.

Dubbed a ‘monster flower’, the set design was the work of French artist Philippe Parreno and Hollywood production designer

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