Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week is one of the most prominent fashion weeks around the whole world, along with London, New York, and Milan. As such, it is a week-long event that allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to exhibit their latest collections in runway shows, providing the opportunity for buyers to take a look at the latest trends. http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/index.html

Paris Fashion Week for Spring Summer 2010 was held from September 29th to October 7th, 2009.

Of course, the primary function of Paris Fashion Week is so that the fashion industry will know what's "in" and what's "out" for the season.http://www.chiff.com/fashion/paris-fashion-week.htm As with many fashion weeks, the shows are divided into three categories; Men's Fashion, Haute Couture, and Ready to Wear.

As well as the runway events and trade shows, Paris Fashion Week is also an opportunity for several other related exhibitions, grand openings, promotional events and lavish celebrity-studded parties. Paris, being one of the cultural metropolises of the fashion world, has plenty of experience with hosting such events, since the Paris Fashion Week's inception in 1973.http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/index.html

According to Chiff.com, "the shows – about a hundred in total – span the city. The top fashion houses – Chanel, Christian Dior, Givenchy – exhibit their latest collections in style at locations like the Grand Palais and the Espace Eiffel, while smaller designers chose unique venues like hot club Le Showcase or the Weber Metaux parking garage in the third arrondissement for their shows."http://www.chiff.com/fashion/paris-fashion-week.htm

Furthermore, "Paris's strong cultural diversity is usually evident throughout the week. The shows regularly feature designers from around the world – Elie Saab from Lebanon; Sophia Kokosalaki from Greece; Alena Akhmadullina from Russia; Collette Dinnigan from Australia; Talbot Runhof and Wunderkind from Germany; and Tsumori Chisato, Issey Miyake and Iwaya for Dress 33 from Japan. Ethnic accents are everywhere, from the braided Grecian belts on Cher Michel Klein dresses to the brightly painted African textiles from Impasse de la Defense."http://www.chiff.com/fashion/paris-fashion-week.htm

The official French name of Paris Fashion Week is Semaine des Createurs du Mode.

Paris Fashion Week rounds up the quartet of fashion weeks, following the aforementioned New York, London and Milan.

Show schedule hightlights include:

September 30th Gareth Pugh

October 1st Balenciaga

October 2nd Vivienne Westwood

October 3rd Jean Paul Gaultier

October 4th Karl Lagerfeld

October 5th Stella McCartney

October 6th Chanel

October 7th Louis Vuitton

October 8th Giles

For the 2010 year, according to the official Paris Fashion Week website, the schedule for several Paris Fashion Weeks are as follows:

Men's Fashion Fall-Winter 2010-2011 from Thursday, January 21st to Sunday, January 24th, 2010 http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/index.html

Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2010 from Monday, January 25th to Thursday, January 28th, 2010 http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/index.html

Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2010-2011 from Wednesday, March 3rd to Thursday, March 11th, 2010 http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/index.html

Men's Fashion Spring-Summer 2011 from Thursday, June 24th to Sunday, June 27th, 2010 http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/index.html

Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2010-2011 from Monday, July 5th to Thursday, July 8th, 2010 http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/index.html

Ready to Wear Spring-Summer 2011 from Wednesday, September 29th to Thursday, October 7th, 2010 http://www.modeaparis.com/va/collections/index.html