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     WHAT will it be for you madam? A Finnish opera coat in loft insulation fabric? Or perhaps a flared latex catsuit and parasol made from string sat-suma bags?
     Such was the level of wrong-headedness at last night's Smirnoff International Fashion Awards, where 28 students were competing for the world title.
     The winners of national competitions were gathered at the Business Design Centre in N1 to show off their "decadent" designs for the new millennium. In Croatia, decadence is a bilious yellow skirt hanging with fresh slabs of steak; in Canada, it's a velvet stole that makes the model look as though she has been engulfed by a mutant slug. The winners, however, shone out. Third prize went to John Boddy of England for his slick designs; second was won by Bulgaria's Tatiana Popova, whose Lurex mini-dresses won the admiration of the judges,pvc dress, including Alexander McQueen, Nicole Farhi and Antonio Berardi.
     The winner was in a class of his own. Declan Kearney of Northern Ireland produced two delicately wrought dresses of fine black leather. For his decadent work, Kearney won £10,000 and a bursary to study for an MA at Central Saint Martins College.