The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics shone a spotlight on a plethora of independent Paris-based designers, with Jeanne Friot, Charles de Vilmorin, Victor Weinsanto, Alphonse Maitrepierre, Kevin Germanier and others featured at different points during the story that unfolded in front of landmarks including the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral.
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images Farida Khelfa walks in an outfit by Maitrepierre on the catwalk erected along the Passerelle Debilly bridge on the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images A model displays creations while walking a catwalk erected along the Passerelle Debilly bridge on the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024.
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images Raya Martigny displays creations while walking a catwalk erected along the Passerelle Debilly bridge on the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images Nicky Doll presents creations while walking a catwalk erected along the Passerelle Debilly bridge on the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: Getty Images Floriane Issert, dressed in a Jeanne Friot outfit and wearing the Flag of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is seen on a Metal Horse on the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: Getty Images A rider dressed in a Jeanne Friot outfit delivers the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images Floriane Issert, a Gendarmerie non-commissioned officer of the National Gendarmerie, rides on a mechanical metal horse up the Seine river, wrapped in the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: Getty Images Dancers on poles wore rainbow-colored skirts featuring Charles De Vilmorin’s designs, in a scene that concluded with the pilots of the Patrouille de France tracing a red heart in the sky above the Pont des Arts.
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How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers
Image Credit: POOL/AFP via Getty Images Dancers on poles wearing Charles De Vilmorin at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games