Now that spring 2008 haute couture season is over, here are the latest fashion videos from Fashvids:

• Marcel Marongiu is the new head designer at Guy Laroche.
• Madame X is one of John Galliano’s inspirations for his spring-summer 2008 Christian Dior Haute Couture collection.
• We love Riccardo Tisci’s new collection for the house of Givenchy. Keep an eye out for the ruff-pleated jackets.
• It’s all about sparkle and diamonds at Elie Saab. Diamonds are forever indeed.
• Valentino is no doubt, the King of the Red Carpet
• Valentino takes a final bow… his final collection after 45 years in fashion.

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Here’s what British Vogue has to say about Karl Lagerfeld’s latest haute couture collection for Chanel:

TAKING his inspiration from the flotsam and jetsam of the ocean floor, Karl Lagerfeld celebrated 25 years at the house of Chanel this morning with a stunning collection of draped, tucked and ruffled pieces that turned his girls (their hair-swept up and adorned with bejewelled metal bands), into the most seductive water nymphs imaginable.

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AFP Report:

PARIS (AFP) — From seashells to mermaids, real and imaginary inhabitants of the deep were the inspiration of Jean Paul Gaultier’s summer haute collection on Wednesday. His show opened with a cheeky reinterpretation of Copenhagen’s famous little mermaid reclining on a rock surrounded by soap bubbles. Gaultier’s mermaids, with flowing damp tresses, sported his infamous conical bras over their fishtail skirts, which looked like real scales.

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British Vogue Review:

The silhouette was determinedly hourglass, all cinched waists and clear décolletage; the woman who wears Armani Privé is assured and unrelenting in her sense of chic. Despite the softness of the draping, folding and tucking, there is always a sense of rigour and structure in the signature, most apparent here in precision-cut evening coats, elaborately embroidered bodices, one-shoulder gowns where the strap is entirely bejewelled and that wonderful skirt shape - like a pencil, but nipped in at the knee.

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Riccardo Tisci’s spring-summer 2008 haute couture collection for Givenchy presented on Tuesday evening showcased narrow pants in second-skin stretch white or black leather or embroidered with metal triangles and crystals, worn with big white blouses or tops with jet-embroidered cuffs and black jackets brightened up with gold.

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The time has come! Designer Valentino Garavani takes his final bow and bids adieu to the world of fashion. Spring/Summer 2008 is his last haute couture collection… and his FINAL collection for the house of Valentino.

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Italian Designer Valentino Garavani announced his retirement last year. It’s his final runway show tonight in Paris and here are the backstage photos. Runway and fashion show pictures to follow.

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Here’s the first look at Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring-summer 2008 haute couture collection. Sasha Pivovarova is looking fierce as usual.

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