Paris Fashion Week

Paris really ended the fashion weeks of Spring with a bang. A big bang. A big bang where all I could see was stars. Not of the Pop sort, of the celestial sort. A sucker for a flashy motif once in a while, we saw Chanel's take on black and white stars — gorgeous — and bold metallic stars entranced on Pilati's Yves Saint Laurent runway. While Pilati's collection received lukewarm reviews, I love ...

Addio, Valentino! Take a good long look ladies, you're witnessing a moment in fashion history — a designer great's last collection. Consummately Val, the collection was rich & colorful, with plenty of polka dots, ruffles, bows, and beautiful gowns to go around. But he didn't get mired in the past; instead, he added some unexpected elements to keep it fresh — such as twisted pleating, 3-D ga ...

Take Marlene Dietrich, put her in the boudoir, and she'll embody the mood and look of John Galliano's latest collection for Dior. Her mannish suits, top hots, and heavily made up eyes all appeared on the runway. But Galliano didn't stop at just emulating the Marlene Dietrich that was, he carried her into the present — and the future — with mafia-worthy pinstripes, Cavalli-esque animal print ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Locusts crawl over a giant screen at Alexander McQueen's show, tango dancers swirl over the catwalk at Kenzo, and it snows paper flakes at Chanel. Fashion designers in Paris put on theatrical displays to present their new collections this week, transforming their catwalks into stage sets ranging from iceblocks to ballrooms. At McQueen's witch-themed show late on Friday, mod ...

PARIS - Paris fashion week drew to a close Sunday with designers setting up camp near the City of Light's top tourist attractions to showcase their creations for next fall. Louis Vuitton planted a transparent tent in a courtyard of the Louvre museum, while Nina Ricci's show in the adjacent Tuileries gardens was held in a tent that had a large opening in the back, giving guests a view of trees s ...

John Galliano presented an exquisite Christian Dior collection yesterday. I saw a tribute to Christian Dior's original 'New Look' from the 40s mixed with old Hollywood glamour and a sprinkling of Japanese sensibility, a wonderful combination if you ask me. Bold, subtly theatrical looks trotted down the catwalk in a crayola box of colors. Skirts were both full and slim and tiny waists were accen ...