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Like the 1920s couturier Madame Vionnet, she makes all her clothes in miniature sizes and then converts them into adult sizes. But unlike Vionnet, Hash has her own human doll, the girl Lou. "I chose a little girl to help me create my collections, since children are less conscious of their attitude. This gave more spontaneity to my style, " she says. " At first, it was a game, then it became a creation, and now it appears to be a fashion." (via and via)