At the House of Lanvin, the Return of French Chic
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Few designers are able to adapt French technique to that modern ideal better than Alber Elbaz, who received thunderous applause at his Lanvin show on Tuesday.
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For a lot of New Yorkers, the reopening of the Modern allows for a fond reunion with objects they love. They won't be disappointed.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq arrived home Wednesday to a tearful welcome from their families, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which had opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
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PARIS  Â French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new wife, Carla Bruni, spent their wedding night in a former hunting lodge near the palace at Versailles, news reports said Sunday.
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To their high society owners, a pair of haute couture shoes can be a precious thing.
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Birds of paradise braved Chanel's rain-soaked runway on Tuesday as German designer Karl Lagerfeld gave wings to his models to reinvent the style that has made the Paris haute couture house an icon of chic.
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Last year a popular show at the Metropolitan Museum renewed interest in the French couturier Paul Poiret, interest that is likely to continue on Feb. 14 with a sale of his original clothing designs in Paris.
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Order has been restored to West Hollywood. Paris Hilton&#39;s pampered pooch, Tinkerbell, has been reunited with her equally high-maintenance mommy.
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âPrivate Propertyâ embraces the banal and the monstrous, and affords Isabelle Huppert opportunity to astonish rather than overwhelm.
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Italy's cultural cognoscenti flocked to the gala reopening of the sumptuously refurbished La Scala opera house, restored to its former glory after a three-year 61 million euro (81 million dollar) makeover.
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One of France&#39;s most brilliant  architectural showpieces, the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of  Versailles, revealed its face on Monday after a painstaking  restoration to remove layers of accumulated grime.
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Fashionistas know that everything old becomes new again, and this year's comeback is straight from the catwalk: the model. The pretty faces who largely had been reduced to the background of the fashion scene as designers and magazine editors courted celebrities to be their walking billboards suddenly are back in vogue &#151; literally.
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France is to celebrate its rich architectural traditions with the opening of a major new museum in the heart of Paris.
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One of France's most lavish museum   restorations, the 35 million euro ($44.4 million) overhaul of   the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, comes to fruition on Friday when   the Paris collection reopens after a decade of work.
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Rome rolled out the red carpet to welcome back Valentino Garavani, decking out a historic museum with his sweeping gowns and restoring an ancient temple by the Colosseum to host festivities celebrating the Italian designer.
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Back together to waltz at the senior prom, or at least the French Open version.
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France will unveil one of its most dazzling architectural showcases, the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, next week after a restoration that has brought fresh life to colors buried for years under grime.