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Paris Fashion Week Dates and Schedule Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collections
This year’s Paris Fashion Week will be held from September 30, 2009 to October 8, 2009 for the Spring/Summer 2010 Ready-to-Wear collections.
Wednesday, September 2009, the 30th
10:00 am
IMPASSE DE LA DEFENSE
Gare de Lyon – Train Bleu – Salle Dorée – place Louis Armand – Paris 12e
11:00 am
CORINNE COBSON
To be confirmed
12:00 pm
TIM VAN STEENBERGEN
Espace Commines – 17 [...]
Karl Lagerfeld Hosts Multiple Parties During Paris Fashion Week 2009
Karl Lagerfeld is the man for many reasons. This is further evidenced by the fact that the 70-year-old fashion designer held not one, but two, parties during the Paris Fashion Week festivities — after also having presented his new Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2009 Ready-to-Wear Collection on March 10, 2009.
The first party — to celebrate [...]
Paris Fashion Week Schedule for Fall/Winter 2009 Prêt-à-Porter Collections
Here is the latest version of the Paris Fashion Week Prêt-à-Porter Schedule for the Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Collections:
Wednesday, March 2009, the 4th
12:00 pm
CORINNE COBSON
66 rue Charlot – Paris 3e
2:00 pm
ANNE VALERIE HASH
36 boulevard Bonne Nouvelle – Paris 10e
3:00 pm
DÉVASTÉE
Salon des Miroirs – 13 passage Jouffroy – Paris 9e
4:00 pm
KRIS VAN ASSCHE
18 rue du Faubourg du Temple [...]
Karl Lagerfeld Defends Fur Industry
“The Chanel supremo said it was ‘childish’ to even discuss the issue of wearing fur in a world where eating meat was normal.
“German-born Karl Lagerfeld, 75, a contemporary of the late Yves Saint Laurent, said that he did not himself wear fur. But he defended the practice, saying there was ‘an industry who lives from [...]
NY Times Article: Ominous Cutbacks at Chanel
“IN the scope of dismal events unfolding at luxury fashion companies, the news this week that Chanel would cut 200 jobs in Paris calls to mind a certain après moi sentiment of Louis XV.
“If Chanel is cutting back, what’s next?
“Luxury brands were once thought of — or self-styled — as immune to economic pitfalls, but [...]