CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week. See all coverage here. Haute couture is an enigma to most. Accessible to only a select few (an estimated few thousand people globally) because of the eye-watering price tags that such extraordinary designs command,

From Alessandro Michele's couture debut to Demna's special award, ELLE catches you up on everything you need to know.

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