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Rousteing gives one-off Gaultier couture display in Paris
Read full article: Rousteing gives one-off Gaultier couture display in ParisAn enfant terrible has appeared in a new guise as designer Olivier Rousteing of Balmain took a one-off shot at a couture collection for the house of Jean Paul Gaultier.
Dior celebrates couture craft, as maskless Delevingne irks
Read full article: Dior celebrates couture craft, as maskless Delevingne irksThe atelier — the workshop of hands — took the Dior center stage on Monday to produce a refined show on the first day of Paris couture shows, which aim to elevate the house’s savoir-faire expertise of its seamstresses.
U.N. calls on France to help as virus imperils Fan Museum
Read full article: U.N. calls on France to help as virus imperils Fan MuseumAnne Hoguet, 74, fan maker and director of the hand fan-making museum poses with a wood roasted hand fan representing a falcon hunt, gouache painting g on paper from 1880 at the museum in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Just like the leaves of its gilded fans, France's storied hand fan-making museum could fold up and vanish. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)PARIS – Just like the leaves of its gilded fans, France’s storied fan-making museum could fold and vanish. She had rallied the French Culture Ministry and been in talks with Paris City Hall, but it has, she said, made no difference. Paris City Hall and France's Culture Ministry did not immediately respond when contacted by AP.