The invitation to the show was a plastic polar bear and the entry card called for the species to be saved, so it was of little surprise that the hottest ticket at the ready-to-wear shows in Paris came with an environmental message too.

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Blame Mark Wallinger. Or maybe Miuccia Prada. The first lady of international fashion may not be responsible for Cherie Blair's flaunting of a faux fur coat in the first place - she's owned the oversized monster she was photographed in last week for years, by all accounts - but she is the reason that, lumpen or not, it actually seems perfectly in line with the current sartorial mood.

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