Paris

Couture Show Update: Has Anyone Seen Anna Wintour?

Fashion Week Daily | Ashley Baker | Posted 08.07.2009 | Style


The couture season began merely moments ago with John Galliano's extraordinary showing for Christian Dior. Given la crise, as the French say, some fea...

Paris Boutiques Broke Law, Stayed Opened On Sunday Specifically For Michelle Obama

Huffington Post via New York Daily News | Posted 08.02.2009 | Style


Don't try to go shopping on a Sunday in Paris...unless you're Michelle Obama, that is. Earlier last month when the First Lady and her daughters Sasha ...

New York Places Third For Most Stylish City

Forbes.com | Lauren Sherman | Posted 08.02.2009 | Style


The top 10 cities have each made notable contributions to the field of design, but fashion specifically, as the list reflects the idea that fashion pl...

Tips On Finding And Dating French Folks In New York City

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York


Andrea Chalupa

It turns out New York and Paris are sister cities, or rather, in a long, hot love affair-- the stuff of Aries and Aphrodite.

Robert Ménard Slams Door, or Booted Out, of Doha Center for Media Freedom?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media


Magda Abu-Fadil

Depending on whose version one believes, Robert Ménard, ex-director of the Doha Center for Media Freedom, pushed the press freedom envelope a bit too far, until he was shoved out the door.

Top 10 Vacation Locations To Kick Start Your Tan (VOTE!)

The Huffington Post | Susan Ryan | Posted 07.27.2009 | World


Check out the HuffPost's Top 10 Places to Tan! Cast your votes, folks, and pick which of the following beautiful locations you'd love to wake up in! ...

An Ode to Summertime

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

When is the last time you really noticed the breeze on your skin, or looked at your child's face and noticed that he or she is changing, growing up...this won't last forever, so enjoy it now!

Inside The World Of Male Modeling At Paris Fashion Week

Telegraph UK | Posted 07.26.2009 | Style


At the venerable house of Ungaro on a sunny day in June, designer Franck Boclet and his trusted assistant Damien Amsallem turned up early to work for ...

Clueless in Iran: America's Déjà Vu All Over Again

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 07.26.2009 | World


Joan Z. Shore

Almost 31 years ago the Ayatollah Khomeini was granted asylum in France. As a junior correspondent in Paris, I was sent out with a camera crew to interview Khomeini.

Air France Advance: Crash Victims' Families To Receive $24,000

AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


PARIS — Air France focused on aiding families of victims from the crash of Flight 447, offering a first advance on compensation on Friday while ...

Maha al-Sudairi Sued By French Retailers For Unpaid Shopping Bills

Huffington Post | Posted 07.13.2009 | World


Saudi princess Maha al-Sudairi, the wife of Saudi Arabia's interior minister Naif bin Abdulaziz, is being sued by luxury French retailers for not payi...

Obama Electrifies The World: Should We Believe The Hype?

Danny Schechter | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Danny Schechter

Some like the President of France marry celebrities. Others like Barack and Michelle become celebrified, sparking adulation and fostering unrealistic expectations.

Obama In Paris, Will Meet Michelle And Kids

AP | MARK S. SMITH | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


WEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson...

Letter From Paris: Christian Lacroix, We Love You

Beth Arnold | Posted 06.29.2009 | Style


Beth Arnold

I'd just like to say, Monsieur Lacroix, we wish you well. We know this is not the end -- and we look forward to the next Lacroix incarnation -- whatever it may be! We send our love.

Bristol Hotel: Body Found At Paris' Luxury Hotel

AP | JEAN-PIERRE VERGES | Posted 06.29.2009 | World


PARIS — French authorities are searching for the British boyfriend of a Polish woman whose battered and naked body was found in a bathtub at the...

Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

Stress Busting Parisian Cafes Offer Massage as a Side Order

Dan Gould | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living


Dan Gould

There is a spirit of health and wellness that's permeating new cafes which are more about deep relaxation and healthy eating than smoking, drinking and coffee.

France: Church Of Scientology To Stand Trial For Organized Fraud

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 06.25.2009 | World


PARIS — The Church of Scientology could be dissolved in France if it is convicted in a trial that opened Monday in a Paris court, where the grou...

Carla Bruni Attacks Pope Over Condoms Stance

The Telegraph | Henry Samuel | Posted 06.18.2009 | World


France's First Lady said that the Church's teachings had left her feeling "profoundly secular". ...

The World In Photos: May 18, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 06.18.2009 | World


This is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This HuffPost World feature is available Monday ...

Mount Athos Treasures On View To Women After 1,000 Years

Independent | By Thomas in Procter in Paris | Posted 06.06.2009 | World


For the first time in almost 1,000 years, many of the legendary Byzantine treasures of Mount Athos in Greece are on view to women. Almost 200 works o...

TripAdvisor Polls: Paris Voted Europe's Most Overrated City, London The Worst-Dresse

Reuters | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Holidaymakers, be warned: London has the worst food, Paris is the most overrated and Brussels is the most boring, according to a survey of what travel...

Letter From Paris: Torture, Murder and May Day

Beth Arnold | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


Beth Arnold

While the news of torture was the weekly reader for U.S. citizens, France had its own torture and murder case to deal with.

Ilan Halimi, Murdered French Jew, Trial Begins With 27 Suspects

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


PARIS — The presumed leader of a group of 27 young people charged with participating in the torture and killing of a young French Jew took his s...

Energy Efficiency and Sex

David Roberts | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green


David Roberts

At the Energy Efficiency Global Forum people spoke of the need to make energy efficiency "sexy." But efficiency and sex are antithetical. Sex is voluptuous, virile and messy -- anything but efficient.