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It / coincided with London Fashion / Week. The anointed star / designer was Giles Deacon. / His debut was marked by / an outrageous catwalk / display of gorgeous bloomers -. / The model, Eva Herzigova, / was in all the papers - but just her buttocks, / Kylie-style. 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