Paris fashion week ignores economic pinch

Published: 10 March 2010 y., Wednesday

European cities may still be feeling the pinch of the global recession. But as Schiaparelli - Italian fashion diva of the 30s - once said, in difficult times fashion is always outrageous. And Paris fashion week hasn’t disappointed as fashionistas and celebrities ignored the economic pinch to jet into the French capital for one of the hottest events on the clothing calendar.


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