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January 14, 2013 |
Fashion weeks
For some, fashion is a corporate industry. For others, it's an artistic expression. And for still others, it's an embrace of cultural traditions. Fashion is a shallow pursuit in the eyes of many, and a deep embodiment of identity for others. Definitions of what is fashionable are myriad and contradictory, but the annual spectacle of the presentation and the scramble of the preparations endure long after this year's look is forgotten. Venues vary from a junkyard in Sao Paulo to the Royal Albert Hall in London. Creations from the absurd to the avant-garde by turns entertain, inspire, or pay homage. Gathered here are images from fall and winter shows both famous and obscure. -- Lane Turner (38 photos total)

A model is prepared by hairdressers backstage before the presentation of Spring/Summer 2013 creations by Serbian fashion designer Aleksandar Protic during the 39th Edition of Moda Lisboa at Patio da Gale, Terreiro do Paco Square in Lisbon on October 14, 2012. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/GettyImages) #

Models have their hair done in preparation for French designer Chris Ambraisse Boston's ready-to-wear collection for physically challenged people in Paris on November 29, 2012. Boston, founder of the association "Fashion and Handicap, It's Possible", presented his new show "A Fashion Which Sublimates Differences" at the Cite de la Mode et du Design in Paris. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters) #

72-year-old former farmer Liu Qianping, also known as "MaDiGaGa", poses in Guangzhou on November 24, 2012. Liu was visiting his 24-year-old granddaughter Lu Ting one day as the model that was booked for a photo shoot by her and her colleagues to promote their online fashion business suddenly cancelled, so Liu stepped in to help, launching his modelling career. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)#