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Dior generates more buzz than Chanel on Paris Fashion Week

Everybody knew Chanel would be the center of attention on Paris Fashion Week, given the unfortunate circumstances of Karl Lagerfeld’s passing. Even so, Dior managed to score the most relevant m
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PFW: Louise Trotter presents debut Lacoste collection

British fashion designer Louise Trotter presented her debut collection for Lacoste as its new creative director during Paris Fashion Week and offered up a strong fashion direction for the French heri
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Paris fashion week heralds in the new seventies

Paris - The shows must go on, was the rhetoric in Paris for its latest fashion week, as the 'gilets jaunes' cordoned off France's capital streets every weekend, making it challenging for retailers, s
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Louis Vuitton ends Paris fashion week with night in two museums

Designer Nicolas Ghesquiere had teased that his Louis Vuitton Paris fashion week show late Tuesday would be a "shock". He wasn't kidding. While guests had been invited to the Louvre Museum in the
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Chanel to pay tribute to Lagerfeld with his final collection

Karl Lagerfeld's final collection for Chanel will be presented in the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday, the scene of some of the legendary designer's greatest triumphs. The brand that he is most
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Teeny tiny handbag becomes a fashion sensation

It's so small wags joke that it can only hold a Tic Tac. But French brand Jacquemus' teeny weeny bag, "Le Mini Chiquito", is arguably the biggest thing at Paris fashion week. Never has someth
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Stars turn out for Stella McCartney's bid to save rainforest

Stella McCartney showed what can be done with upcycled clothes and fabrics in a classy Paris show whose front row was filled with celebrity fans led by Oprah Winfrey. The British designer -- a v
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A stitch in time: Fashion's new stars want to save the world

A new generation of rising fashion stars alarmed by the plight of the planet are designing in a radically different way to their elders. Some of the most interesting shows of Paris fashion week
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It's 'The Munsters'! Paris catwalk's arch Lurch

Gigantic monocles and a new look that had more than a touch of Lurch from "The Munsters" gave the Paris catwalk an arch American air Sunday. Balenciaga's red-hot designer Demna Gvasalia, whose i
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Hedi Slimane shakes up Paris Fashion Week with a new look Celine

Paris fashion week saw an about-turn on Friday when Hedi Slimane forfeited his signature skinny youth-styled collections for a bourgeois, 70s and Celine look of old. By Celine of old, we mean old, ol
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Does Bruno Sialelli have the formula to save Lanvin?

When Bruno Sialelli was announced as Lanvin's creative director a month ago, he had a very tough task ahead of him. The brand's iconic creative director, Alber Elbaz, had been ousted, his successor,
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Chloe tips hat to Lagerfeld's 'genius' at Paris show

Chloe paid tribute to its longtime designer Karl Lagerfeld at its Paris fashion week show Thursday, with a compendium of his wit and wisdom left on every seat. One of the German creator's last mus
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PFW: Tabula rasa at Lanvin

A new dawn at Lanvin aims to reboot the ailing French fashion house after its third attempt since the departure of Alber Elbaz in 2015. Under new ownership of Chinese conglomerate Fusion Internationa
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Teddy Girls make comeback in Dior's rebel Paris show

Dior went back to the feisty Teddy Girls of 1950s Britain for its vision of a feminist future in its Paris fashion week show Tuesday. With black leather jackets, long nipped-waist Dior "New Look
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Anthony Vaccarello lights up Paris Fashion Week

Anthony Vaccarello has really come into his own at Saint Laurent. We know his penchants, that of the molto sexy, shorter than short brigade, but this season there was more than meets the eye original
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Ralph Lauren launches pop-up café for Paris Fashion Week

Ralph Lauren is opening a pop-up café in its Paris flagship store just ahead of the AW18 fashion week. Called Ralph’s Coffee, the spot is located inside the store on 173 Boulevard Saint-
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Dior declares men's fashion future to be suited and booted

Dior set out to redefine 21th-century tailoring on Friday in a show which summed up a Paris men's fashion week in which the suit has made a surprising comeback. British-born designer Kim Jones dre
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These Paris Fashion Week trends are the most important to retailers

As Fashion Month comes to a close with Paris Fashion Week having just ended, retail and technology analyst Edited has compiled the Spring Summer 2019 trends most prevalent to retailers in the coming
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Lagerfeld takes Chanel to beach for his second youth

Karl Lagerfeld took Chanel for a paddle in the sea Tuesday, creating a huge beach with real waves for his joyously zingy Paris fashion week show. The 85-year-old produced a winningly youthful coll
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Philophiles versus Slimaniacs in fashion's new civil war

If Hedi Slimane had crushed a kitten under the heel of one of his studded boots he might have provoked less indignation than his debut show for Celine. The howl that went up after the hottest sho
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Ukraine's fashion prodigy Belinskiy conquers Paris

Long considered Ukraine's most promising young fashion designer, Anton Belinskiy now jokes he cannot afford his own clothing as he prepares to present a collection at Paris Fashion Week. The 31-
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Tiny bags and big shades: top trends at Paris fashion week

As Paris women's fashion week heads into the final straight, we look at what we have learned so far from the catwalk collections: It's all about purity, stupid Spring-summer collections are su
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Cool Paris fashion show brings stars out in bumps

When Hollywood stars and some of the world's top models get together it's usually their fans who get the goosebumps. But it was actresses Elle Fanning, Andie MacDowell, Eva Longoria and supermod
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Balenciaga's Paris show emerges from tunnel of trauma

For wunderkind designer Demna Gvasalia the search for glamour leads through his worst nightmares, with the Georgia-born creator projecting the trauma of his past onto Balenciaga's Paris fashion wee
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PFW: Celine, a deja vu of Slimane past

London - The collective goodwill and hopeful anticipation the entire fashion industry held for Hedi Slimane’s new dawn at Celine was quashed from the very first look. Outraged editors, loyal P
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Slimane back in black as king of Paris fashion week

Superstar designer Hedi Slimane declared that black is back Friday as he returned to the Paris catwalk after a two-year absence to revolutionise Celine. With his two biggest fans, Lady Gaga and K
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6 Reasons Why Paris Fashion Week Dominates Over Others

Serving up unpredictability, freshness, and provocation, Paris Fashion Week continues to cast a shadow over Milan, London, and New York. Its runways reveal much of what we’ve seen over this fas
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Saint Laurent walks on water at Paris fashion week

Anthony Vaccarello made a splash by having his models walk on water for his Saint Laurent Paris fashion week show Tuesday. The Belgian designer may have divided opinion since he took over from th
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Dior leads Paris fashion on a dance as Gucci goes for gags

Dior led Paris fashion week on a sensual dance Monday with a spectacular show woven around a new modern dance piece by choregrapher Sharon Eyal to kick off the nine-day extravaganza. Icily restr
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Slimane revolution at Celine as Paris fashion week starts

Paris women's fashion week starts Monday with fashionistas waiting with bated breath to finally see Hedi Slimane's debut at Celine. The superstar designer, who pioneered the skinny look at Dior
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