From an absurdly opulent film shoot at the Opera Garnier to a Chanel catwalk along the Seine, fashion week offered a very different view of Paris on Tuesday from the riots of recent days.
The country is still licking its wounds and facing up to the deep societal divisions exposed by days of violence sparked a week ago by the police killing of a teenager.
The riots have died down since the weekend, and it was the other France—of unbridled luxury, craftsmanship and conspicuous excess—that took centre-stage on the second day of haute couture week.