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Louis Vuitton's womanhood celebration closes Paris (AP)

A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier for Hermes as part of his Fall-Winter 2010-2011 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - After a week of shows dominated by the rail-thin teens who are ubiquitous on today's catwalks, Paris fall-winter ready-to-wear 2010-11 displays concluded Wednesday with a sensual celebration of women in all their curvaceous glory at Louis Vuitton.




Louis Vuitton's Silver Screen Femininity (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Louis Vuitton show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on  Wednesday, March 10, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - It was all very 1950s heroine chic at Louis Vuitton Wednesday, March 10, in Paris, when the label's designer Marc Jacobs sent out a series of proper, feminine looks onto a runway that circled a huge water fountain in a courtyard of the Louvre Museum.




Chanel's Fake Fur Ice Maidens (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Chanel show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - One season after staging a Chanel runway show in a reconstructed Normandy farm, the house's designer Karl Lagerfeld presented its latest collection Tuesday, March 9, in Paris, in the midst of a custom-built iceberg, literally imported from Scandinavia.




Chanel does climate change, with real icebergs (AP)

A model wears creations by German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel as part of his Fall-Winter 2010-2011 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented at The Grand Palais in Paris, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Models in head-to-toe yeti suits picked their way around towering but quickly melting icebergs, sloshing through a deep puddle of Arctic melt in their shaggy fake fur.




McQueen's final fashion show a celebration of life (Reuters)

British designer Alexander McQueen acknowledges the applause at the end of his Spring/Summer 2005 men's collections during Milan Fashion Week, June 28, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Daniele La MonacaReuters - British designer Alexander McQueen's final collection on Monday revealed a feast of colors and textures, celebrating his skill and passion for spectacle just weeks after his suicide.




Chanel muses on global cooling with iceberg show (Reuters)

German designer Karl Lagerfeld appears at the end of his Fall/Winter 2010/11 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for French fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them.




Yves Saint Laurent's New Corporate Woman (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD201  Model walks the runway at the Yves Saint Laurent show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Monday, March 8, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - The house of Yves Saint Laurent took a step into a rather new dimension Monday, March 8, in Paris with a collection the label's designer Stefano Pilati said was targeted at women in powerful positions.




Paris waxes retro with Kenzo, Valli collections (AP)

A mode wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Antonio Marras for Kenzo as part of his Fall-Winter 2010-2011 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris, Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - Paris pulsed with retro energy on Monday, as the French capital's fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear shows moved into day six with Giambattista Valli's feather-light display of 1960s elegance and a boho chic '70s collection from Kenzo.




Valli's Walk of Shame Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Giambattista Valli show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Monday, March 8, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - If style is grace under pressure, as Ernest Hemingway once defined it, then designer Giambattista Valli surely has it in spades.




Predictable Wins at the 2010 Oscars (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD246  Sandra Bullock arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday, March 7, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Maria Ramirez)Fashion Wire Daily - At this year's 82nd Annual Academy Awards, there were very few surprises.




Jean Paul Gaultier's World Tour (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD201  Model walks the runway at the Jean Paul Gaultier show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Saturday, March 6, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - Guests got a tour of the world without moving from their seats at the latest Jean Paul Gaultier runway show, where the designer raced through a score of ethnic cultures in his latest fashion potpourri.




Viktor & Rolf Dressing Up in Public (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Viktor and Rolf show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Saturday, March 6, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - Often the simplest of ideas are the most effective in fashion, which was very much the case with the latest runway show, or work or performance art, by Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf.




Lanvin's African Magic (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD201  Model walks the runway at the Lanvin show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Friday, March 5, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - With voodoo drums and congas on the soundtrack, Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz took this fashion house on a tour of Africa in a darkly chic fall 2010 collection of clothes on Friday, March 5, in Paris.




Christian Dior - A Night At the Races (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Christian Dior show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Friday, March 5, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - John Galliano, the Christian Dior creative director, is veritably consistent, but this season with a delightful libertine twist.




Sharon Wauchob: Artily Minimalist Rockers (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD201  Model walks the runway at the Sharon Wauchob show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Thursday, March 4, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - What a difference a night job makes, as you could see from the packed audience in Paris on Thursday, March 4, for the latest collection by Sharon Wauchob.




Retrospective revisits YSL's enduring great themes (AP)

Original creations by the late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent are displayed as part of the Yves Saint Laurent exhibition presented at the Petit Palais in Paris, Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - Yves Saint Laurent, the master of couture, has returned less than two years after his death in a major retrospective previewed Monday, covering his four decades as a fashion designer whose artistry empowered women.




Balenciaga: Ennobling Domesticity (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Balenciaga show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Thursday, March 4, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - Gaudy graphics, packaging, and cheap labels and were the unlikely raw materials in the latest runway show from Balenciaga, one of the most keenly awaited collections in the fashion industry.




Celebrities? So last season, say Paris fashionistas (Reuters)
Reuters - Maybe it's the effect of recession, maybe it's simply a case of Hollywood fatigue -- whatever the reason, buyers and designers at Paris fashion week are declaring the end of the celebrity cult.

Dries Van Noten's Posh Militarism (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD106  Model walks the runway at the Dries Van Noten show during Fall 2010 Fashion Week in Paris on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - In the latest collection from Dries Van Noten, he staged an artistic military maneuver for the first major show of Paris fashion week.




Lindsay Lohan's fashion adventure ends after one show (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan's design career has ended after a single collection for Parisian label Emanuel Ungaro, leaving the fashion world divided over whether her work was a disaster or a much-needed bit of fun.

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