Article: THE LIGHT SIDE OF PARIS: YOUNG DESIGNERS FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

PARIS -- It may be the capital of couture, but Paris is also home to a growing number of young designers whose collections interpret this city's chic -- sans the haute price. Maxime Vibert and Laurence Dolige at Madame a Paris, Laetitia Ivanez at Les Prairies de Paris, Vanessa Bruno and Bali Barret are among a new generation of designers who are invigorating the contemporary segment here, which has been defined by names like Agnes B. and APC.

"They're easy clothes for difficult girls," Bruno said of her seven-year-old label, which runs the retail price gamut, from $92 for trousers to $550 for a coat. "They're not as basic as Agnes B., but neither will they ...

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