Article: Franck Sorbier puts romance into couture

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Dateline: PARIS Young couturier Franck Sorbier added a note of grace to the summer haute couture collections winding up Wednesday, laying on a charming show of girlish spring-summer dresses at Christie's auction house.

Nobody could follow the grandiose retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent fashions the night before at the Georges Pompidou Center. But as France' s greatest designer retires, younger designers like Sorbier are being given their chance, and this relative newcomer in his mid-thirties likes romance.

Most of Sorbier's dresses were romantic and fresh as springtime, with bustiers made of lace pressed into fabric, and layered skirts in pastels. The workmanship, ...

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