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COUTURE Fashion Week is an opportunity for designers to tap into the most extravagant and outlandish of fashion fantasies - and fortunately the same goes for the hair and make-up teams, who can be relied upon to create looks ranging from the dramatic to the truly romantic. At the spring/summer 2013 couture shows we saw Gothic fairies at Chanel, jewelled red lips and wet-look pixie crop wigs at Christian Dior and dewy-skinned beauties at Giambattista Valli - click through the images to see them all up close and personal.

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