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PARIS NOW THIERRY MUGLER Mugler Is As Mugler Was As Mugler Will Be Thierry Mugler has changed little in the design of his collections over the past 10 years. But, [...]

POTPOURRI IN PARIS PARIS -- Pattern, color and detailing are dominating an eclectic spring '91 season here where designers just can't make up their minds. What's surfacing for the season [...]

Men's fashion designers exhibited a wide range of new clothing styles at shows in Paris, France. Jean Paul Gaultier presented a fall men's wear collection that featured coats and accessories bearing a Mongolian influence. Veronica Nichanian presented traditional sportswear designed for Hermes that included suede jackets and wool vests. Designer Ilario Mori showed a collection created for Folasi consisting of coats in different lengths and fabrics., A Mongolian madness permeated Jean Paul Gaultier's fall collection, beginning with the language tape played at the start of the show, which appeared to be in Russian. His models were [...]

Men's fashion designers in Paris, France are continuing the fashion trends set by designers in New York, NY and Milan, Italy, by incorporating a softer silhouette and using textured materials, such as teddy-bear alpaca and suede. Casual and tailored clothing are mixed together, and such items as vests and outerwear over suits are important. Designer Paul Smith mixed unusual combinations, while Yohji Yamamoto showed oversized clothes., This city usually follows the beat of its own drummer as far as fashion is concerned. But the fall '94 season started with the French designers picking up where New [...]

Three designers showing their fall collections at the Paris, France men's fashion show in Feb 1993 were Yukio Kobayashi, Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake and Claude Montana. Kobayashi's collection was dominmated by tweeds and pinstripes. Kawakubo and Miyake showed collections that used dip-dying techniques and fabrics that were crinkled. Montana's collection contained a large number of jackets and pants made of leather. He also showed violet, orange and lime cashmere blazers, wool scarfs and thermal knits., This was the season Yukio Kobayashi brought the house down. The house being the night-club environment of the Elysee Montmartre, the site of the show. The reason -- the best [...]

PARIS -- It all had the air of one big pajama party. Pajama stripes and buttons were everywhere. Shirts were long, loose and worn untucked ... pants were flowy in [...]

PARIS - There was a competitive feeling at Texworld this season that Fu Fashion Unlimited summed up best with a sign that read 'Out: Made in Europe. In: Made in [...]

PARIS SPRING '91 LANVIN The Classic Lavoix Recent part-owner Henry Racamier sat in the front row with outgoing chairman Leon Bressler beside him, and both were pleased with Patrick Lavoix's [...]

WHITE IS RIGHT IF IT'S EASY PARIS - White suits are blanketing most of the runways of Paris like a mid-summer blizzard. And with Giorgio Armani's promising his line will [...]

JULY SHOWS HAVE PARIS A SWEAT It's been the coolest summer in Paris has had in a long time, but wear designers are feeling their collective collar. The first time [...]

PARIS NOW THE BIG IDEAS Designers in Paris are honing new marketing skills and gearing up for the head-on battle expected next season with the Italians. But the French haven't [...]

PARIS: MAD ABOUT PLAID PARIS - The Paris Plaid, for the most part, worked. The dreaded return to the tacky style of the '70s, did not. While Paris did not [...]

MILAN -- Having endured a turbulent 2002, Italian fabric manufacturers showed no signs of slowing down at this month's Moda In. Factors were stacked against this year's show, such as [...]

LEISURE SUIT GETS NEW LIFE PARIS -- The leisure suit is back, but it's not what you think it is. The '90s version from Paris works. It is: * The [...]

PARIS NOW While the message from Paris may have been 'take it easy' this season, designers certainly were serious about sportswear. This was most clear in the widespread redefinition of [...]

Spinning Units Drawing Interest as ITMA Opens Interest in yarn spinning equipment easily outpaced other machinery areas as the International Textile. Machinery Exhibition (ITMA) opened here Tuesday. Neither rain-laden clouds [...]

PARIS COLLECTIONS Spring/Summer '88 COMME DES GARCONS The Comme des Garcons show was a solid and subtle success. In addition to the use of accordion pleats, Kawakubo showed sport coats [...]

PARIS COLLECTIONS Spring/Summer '88 MATSUDA History provided the inspiration but fabric technology, a unique Anglo-Japanese orientation to silhouette and a thoroughly modern sense of color and knit dressing contributed to [...]

PARIS COLLECTIONS Spring/Summer '88 JEAN PAUL GAULTIER After being criticized last season for presenting his gender-bending men-in-high-heels-and-pantyhose shows one too many times, Jean Paul Gaultier got refreshingly more serious for [...]

PARIS COLLECTIONS FALL/WINTER 1988 Waist-suppressed multibuttoned waistcoats, often shown with high-buttoning vests, were the standout trend from the final group of designers here this season. This Edwardian/ Victorian look in [...]

PARIS COLLECTIONS FALL/WINTER 1988 The action on the runway picked up on the second day of the collections, with strong shows from Montana, Comme des Garcons and Girbaud, and idea-rich, [...]

PARIS COLLECTIONS FALL '87 DIOR The Christian Dior collection that Dominique Morlotti presented was one of the best of the season in Paris because his silhouette strikes a perfect balance [...]

PARIS COLLECTIONS FALL '87 YOHJI YAMAMOTO Drawing inspiration from city streets and provincial backwaters, Yohji Yamamoto's collection was one of the hits of the fall designer showings in Paris. Beginning [...]

PARIS -- Retailers, get out your calendars. The World Cup soccer championships to be held in Paris next June and July are wreaking havoc on the fashion schedule here. The [...]

The Paris runways will be hubs of activity for men's wear exhibitions in the spring of 1997. Emmanuel Ungaro, Claude Montana and Christian Dior are three of the many international fashion designers, fashion houses and clothing companies whose products will be on display. Homegrown French designers such as Christophe Lemaire and Eric Bergere will also feature their lines, and special peripheral events are expected throughout the season., PARIS -- There's more to Paris than wining and dining. And it's not just the sheer beauty of the city. It's showtime. The Paris men's wear scene is getting plenty [...]

Men's fashion designers in Paris, France are irate over conflicting dates of the men's clothing industry exhibitions scheduled for the summer of 1996. Shows for men's clothing are planned for Jul 3 to 7, 1996 in Paris and Jul 4 to 7 in Milan and Florence, Italy. Exhibition dates in June, July, and September are planned by some designers, but dates are not firm. A rescheduling of the Paris show was also requested by Denis Perot of Dominique Morlotti SA., Paris - The Paris designers are fuming. And a band of the more vocal of them is out to convince the international men's community that they are not philistines, and [...]

Exhibitors at the Premiere Vision fabric fair in Paris, France identified the three most promising export markets as Japan, Korea and North America. Attendance at the fair declined by 4.3% to 42,742 from 1994 which was attributed to an 11.3% drop in the number of French visitors. The number of visitors from Japan and Korea attending the fair each increased by over 11% compared to 1994. Most vendors held prices in line with 1994 levels in order to stay within their particular market sector., PARIS - Premiere Vision was alive with the sound of business this season. Exhibitors didn't waste much time complaining a out ongoing slow European business, preferring to spend the four-day [...]

At the 1995 SEHM apparel trade show in Paris, France, many exhibitors were confused by the rapidly-changing men's wear styles. The convergence of surf, street, techno and hip-hop styles meant that vendors had to decide which parts of the show to concentrate on. The show had a Street Waves section, a Univers Jeans section and a Nouvel Espace section that vendors with streetwear styles could exhibit in. The show featured some styles for immediate delivery for retailers that do not want to miss the latest trends., PARIS -- If SEHM had a diverse mix of international exhibitors and visitors, it also had its diversity of opinions on the state of the men's wear business. After all, [...]

Young men's fashion designers in Paris, France, introduced exciting collections. Alexi Abresti's collection highlighted seven-button jackets and five-button shirt jackets in clean-lined silhouettes. Chris Mestdagh showed playful clothes in different combinations. Vincent Dumas's collection focused on unstructured clothes, while Sarayan and GR 816's focus was a zen-like feeling. Vincent Dumas exhibited natural woven vests and shirts., Paris is increasingly an international city for fashionable men's wear. It has seen an increase in young designers, new designers and designers from abroad, including Germany, America and the UK. [...]

The 1994 mens fashion shows, in Paris, France, showed spring fashions for 1995 that were less-structured than past seasons. SO showed unstructured suits without shoulder pads, and avoided the military-look trend. Jose Levy showed military-looking clothes, with epaulets and four-button jackets. Rykiel Homme's clothes were clean-looking in smoky charcoal and navy colors. Maurizio Bonas' collection was easy-going, with interesting textures., Jose Levy If all the world is a stage, Jose Levy made a global statement at the crumbling theater of the Bouffes des Nord with his bright, vividly hued fun [...]

Paris, France, will host 35 fashion shows of designer collections for the spring/summer season 1995. Designers who are holding shows there for the first time include Sarayann and Antonio Miro's Moroccan/French team and Boing from the US, which anticipates creative if not commercial recognition through its show. Designer Miro cites the competitive importance of presenting in Paris and Sarayann points to the status of being listed in the official calendar., PARIS -- This season Paris scores 35 runway shows and eight walk-through presentations, including unlisted designers like the German Peter Katz and the Belgian Chris Mestdagh who will inaugurate his [...]

Men's clothing styles for spring and summer 1995 that were presented by designers on the first day of the July, 1994, shows in Paris, France, were stylistically diverse. They ranged from muted striped sports coats from S.T. Dupont, to cool crisp styles inspired by Costa Rican 'bad boys' from Olivier Strelli, to fluid jackets with shawl collars from Yohji Yamamoto, to country club clothes at the Courreges Hommes show, to unconstructed smock-jackets from Christian Dior Monsieur., S.T. DUPONT This is a collection that alternates between whispering murmurs and spirited sighs. Classic as it comes, S.T. Dupont this season is being designed by Michael Roelli tout seule, [...]

The fall 1994 men's fashion shows in Paris, France, showed mostly soft fabrics and minimally constructed silhouettes. Nino Cerruti's collection was almost exclusively of tweed. His soft suits often took their inspiration from tuxedo cuts from 150 years ago. Bernard Sanz also focused on soft fabrics, such as camel's hear and tweeds. He showed checked sports jackets, peacoats and blousons, as well as knit pants and sweaters. Claude Montana's collection was a notable exception and contained a lot of leather straps and zippers. His charcoal suits were trimmed with jewel tone velvets., The man behind this label, Nino Cerruti, dresses many of the stars for their cinematic parts. Last weekend he took his audience to the movies for his fall presentation. But [...]

New men's wear collections shown in Paris, France, included new fashions from the firms of Comme des Garcons Hommes Plus, Christian Dior and others. Notable designs from designer Rei Kawakubo included long blanket wool coats. Dries van Noten presented a variety of new sweaters in a number of different wool textures. Designer Patrick Lavoix presented a new collection for Dior which included elaborate fabrics selected for their textured effects., Once again, Gilles Rosier and Claude Sabbah, the team behind GR 816, were extremely imaginative for this winter season. The concentrated items collection was full of funky ideas. 'We were [...]

Most of the men's wear collections exhibited recently in Paris, France, were very similar in theme with the exception of those shown by Jean Paul Gaultier and Hugo. The trends seen most included use of texture, wool fabrics and colors in charcoal and chocolate brown. Velvet fabric was used for suits and other applications including insets. One notable trend seen at the show was return of wide-legged and cuffed trousers reminiscent of the 1930s., Gaultier among few to resist the bugle call PARIS -- There's a certain zeitgeist of fashion that the designers showing her over the past five days have ascribed to. It [...]

France's slow economy will have a negative effect on French attendance at the European Menswear Fair (SEHM), which begins Jan 29, 1994. However, the number of international venders and buyers at the SEHM has increased. The largest international presence is from Italy, which has increased its vendors by 40%. The US has a fairly strong showing with an increase of 10 exhibitors. The total number of French vendors is 494 and international vendors is 602., PARIS -- Despite the gloomy French economy, SEHM still grows steadily. Though based in Paris, its focus more than ever is the world. The international men's wear fair held at [...]

It was like a trip back in time to Carnaby Street --complete with Edwardian Dandy rockers. And who better to take us there than Englishman Paul Smith? Smith sent out [...]

PARIS -- American retailers came to Paris this season with reduced budgets, but left saying the had found enough color, variety and quality clothing to lure customers back into their [...]

PARIS -- 'The dates for the Paris shows were set a long time ago,' says Noelle Bobin of the French Menswear Federation, one of the organizers of the French men's [...]

AMERICANS TO SKIP PARIS COLLECTIONS NEW YORK -- The Paris men's collections next week will feel the heat from the Mideast conflict as a group of American retailers, usually seen [...]

U.S. BUYERS LIKE PARIS/MILAN CIRCUIT MILAN -- Using language to describe their European men's wear week that is usually reserved for completion of the New York City Marathon, American buyers [...]

STORES LIKED PARIS IN JULY PARIS - U.S. buyers in Paris last week gave an enthusiastic thumbs up to the new earlier schedule for the French men's wear season. For [...]

French Fall Rx: Stir in Fit -- Add Any Color PARIS -- A tailored-to-snug fit and a rainbow of color are the French formula for fall 1989. Montana, Balmain, Lanvin, [...]

Mostly Hack, But Some Sack At Paris Shows PARIS -- The news is all about fit and color. The French, like the Italians, love the three-button tailored silhouette, but, ever [...]

PARIS COLLECTIONS FALL/WINTER 1988 The six designers who opened the Paris shows failed to suggest any clear-cut direction for fall/winter 1988-89, and their individual performances were generally weak. Offering exaggerations [...]

Paris Preview FALLWINTER1988 SUITING YOURSELF These widely diverse approaches to the suit indicate the extent of the creative ferment in Paris this season. Whether double-breasted and loose-fitting or body-tapered and [...]