B A R R Y writes:

Is that why France considers itself the fashion hub of the world?

No, it considers itself that because it's true, at least in many
domains. Whether or not fashion is used to hide something is
independent of fashion itself.

The French do tend to put a great deal of faith in appearances, and
very little in substance, however. Maybe the two things are
correlated.

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