Jean Paul Gaultier Presents Top Hats, Turbans and Riding Clothes to an Admiring Audience, Including Bette Midler, Ines de la Fressange, Zahia Dehar and Others   Bette Midler said she came to the Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture show, both as an admirer of the designer and a customer...

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Get a Good Look at One of the Season’s Most Dramatic Wedding Gowns, Worn by Fan Bing Bing at the Stephane Rolland Haute Couture Show   Should Kim Kardashian be considering marriage again, she couldn’t have picked a more perfect spot to take her...

Rendez-Vous at Roger Vivier: Bruno Frisoni’s Extravagant Shoe Collection Enjoyed with a Champagne Luncheon     In the midst of the spring summer 2012 haute couture shows in Paris, the Roger Vivier boutique in Paris slipped an intimate champagne luncheon between the Chanel show in a...

Alexis Mabille: An Eye-Popping Parade for Spring/ Summer 2012 Haute Couture   Never mind that three weeks have passed since the Paris haute couture shows. The message that color is on the spring agenda has stayed with me, most vividly in my memories of the Jan. 23 Alexis Mabille show. On...

No Wonder Madonna Chose Givenchy Haute Couture for Halftime: A Stunning Spring 2012 Collection   Leave it to Madonna to choose Givenchy haute couture for her half-time show at Super Bowl 2012. At the spring summer haute couture shows, presented in Paris from Jan. 23-25, Givenchy showed...

Three Days on Scene at the Paris Haute Couture Spring Summer 2012 Collections   What else but the Paris haute couture shows could attract the former First Lady of France Bernadette Chirac, along with rock stars, top actresses, heiresses, the international press and other VIPs?...