Amsterdam's red-light district gets a fashion makeover
Amsterdam's world famous red-light district was transformed into a catwalk this weekend, with designers parading their creations in what were once brothels, as the city tries to clean out crime from the quarter.
People chattered to each other over top of the blaring music and speeches as models in extravagant outfits graced what up until recently was primarily home to the world's oldest profession.
Amsterdam has been famous for its red-light district - known in Dutch as the Wallen - for more than 100 years, although prostitution has only been legal in the Netherlands since 2000. However, armed with new laws enabling the closure of establishments suspected to be involved in criminal activity, the city last year bought 55 buildings - where brothels were housed - from a former prostitution baron.
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