--- title: "Grandeur and opulence at the 2023 Paris Haute Couture shows" description: "From Versailles to Chantilly, there was an air of grandeur at the Fall/Winter 2023/2024 Haute Couture shows." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "PHOTOGRAPHY" author: "Maverick Life Editors" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/maverick-life-editors/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-07-07-paris-haute-couture-ornaments-gold-feathers-and-opulence/" published: "2023-07-07T09:30:10" updated: "2023-07-06T23:20:01" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 2107 --- # Grandeur and opulence at the 2023 Paris Haute Couture shows > From Versailles to Chantilly, there was an air of grandeur at the Fall/Winter 2023/2024 Haute Couture shows. By Maverick Life Editors · Published 7 July 2023, 11:30 SAST · Updated 7 July 2023, 01:20 SAST ## Content ![Models walk the runway during "Le Chouchou" Jacquemus' Fashion Show at Chateau de Versailles on June 26, 2023 in Versailles, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu/WireImage)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/71cjeBwR6rMOUx-khTey9TonYv8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1502523179.jpg) *Models walk the runway during "Le Chouchou" Jacquemus' Fashion Show at Chateau de Versailles on June 26, 2023 in Versailles, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu/WireImage)* ![VERSAILLES, FRANCE - JUNE 26: A model walks the runway during "Le Chouchou" Jacquemus' Fashion Show at Chateau de Versailles on June 26, 2023 in Versailles, France. 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(Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images)* ![PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 5: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Zuhair Murad Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 5, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/NdYsFwVk31b9aP8oS4xaNlPEsRA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1507094467.jpg) *A model walks the runway during the Zuhair Murad Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 5, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images)* ![PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 5: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Zuhair Murad Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 5, 2023 in Paris, France. 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(Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)* ![PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 05: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 05, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/yeKkIpzTz4Ak54OPjqvwNrH96J4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1516799621.jpg) *A model walks the runway during the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 05, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)* ![PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 5: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 5, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Estrop/Getty Images)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/KXTIx3Vlxnz5KkPMw7EfIWYQjbM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1516811565.jpg) *A model walks the runway during the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 5, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Estrop/Getty Images)* ![PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 5: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 5, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Estrop/Getty Images)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/4JOKzPZo1VymUyUwy7638ssYQBE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1516812347.jpg) *A model walks the runway during the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 5, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Estrop/Getty Images)* ![PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 3: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A model walks the runway during the Iris Van Herpen Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 3, 2023 in Paris, France. 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(Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0G9gcyDL3nBmuxgRdQRyXSUqW3A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1516351920.jpg) *A model walks the runway during the Georges Chakra Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)* ![Models walk the runway during the Georges Chakra Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XINfvSwpG9TwAu6B4EwjEYc3PfM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1516379409.jpg) *Models walk the runway during the Georges Chakra Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2023 in Paris, France. 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(Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images)* ![Models walk the runway during the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 06, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0Lk0zHVjYw3Y7XZ3KrVCEdnXRik=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1519885033.jpg) *Models walk the runway during the Gaurav Gupta Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 06, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images) DM*