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COUTURE PARIS Lynn Yaeger waxes poetic about Spring's haute couture collections in Paris. catching her breath at certain moments during the Paris haute couture season. Maybe it's the view of the night land- scape from the salons of the Hôtel de Crillon at the Giambattista Valli show—the Place de la Concorde monument from one spell-binding vitrine, the Eiffel Tower, lit up like a Bastille Day sparkler, from the other. Or perhaps it's the inter- play of depth and trans- parency of a Valentino frock, or the space age fantasias at Versace, where the red carpet- worthy looks descended a golden staircase, ready to embrace the nubile physique of a young starlet. E 44 BAL HARBOUR ven the most cyni- cal ob- server can't help A look from Giambattista Valli's Spring 2012 haute couture collection. CHRIS MOORE/GETTY IMAGES