A backstage look at the Couture Spring 2013 collection shows in Paris.

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To celebrate his label’s birth as an official Paris couture house, Alexis Mabille went one better than handing out sugared almonds - he sent them down the runway. The French designer’s first show since being made a bona-fide holder of the haute couture appellation was a saccharine affair, from the bubblegum-pink venue to the frothy confections on display.

Giambattista Valli chose the gilded splendour of the Italian Embassy in Paris as his venue, his fourth collection was mostly sleek and sculptural.

Christian Dior chief Sidney Toledano said the house is winning new couture customers and that China is the "big market of tomorrow'', as womenswear artistic director Raf Simons kicked off four days of shows in Paris. Lee Radziwill, sister of the late Jackie Kennedy, and Princess Charlene of Monaco were among those who turned out for Simons's second couture show since replacing the disgraced John Galliano last year. Bernadette Chirac, wife of former French president Jacques Chirac, and Valerie Trierweiler, President Francois Hollande's partner, were also in the front row.

Donatella Versace dazzled Paris on a dark, snowy night with a spring couture collection heavy on 24-carat gold pinstripes and crystal embroidery that some might say tended towards bling. Hollywood actor Kevin Costner, Princess Charlene of Monaco, actresses Melissa George and Olivia Munn and rapper Ne-Yo were were among those who turned out. Versace, whose collection was shown the night before the rest of the couture shows begin, said she took inspiration from the "architectural splendour of glass domes where the fragility of glass contrasts with the strength of iron and steel beams".

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