French Federation says fashion weeks are on track as the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris draw closer

PARIS – The Paris men’s and haute couture shows in June are on schedule despite preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics that will paralyze parts of the French capital from April, organizers said. In a joint interview, Bruno Pavlovsky, president of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, or FHCM, and Pascal … Read more

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Pantin is sometimes called the ‘Brooklyn of Paris’ – Alamy Paris started as a small island in the Seine and in the 2000 years or so since, the city has grown, ring by ring, with each annexation saying something about the politics and economics of the time, from the first Roman wall to the 1970s … Read more