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Fashion Wire Daily - One season after staging a Chanel runway show in a reconstructed Normandy farm, the house's designer Karl Lagerfeld presented its latest collection Tuesday, March 9, in Paris, in the midst of a custom-built iceberg, literally imported from Scandinavia.

Chanel does climate change, with real icebergs (AP)

AP - Models in head-to-toe yeti suits picked their way around towering but quickly melting icebergs, sloshing through a deep puddle of Arctic melt in their shaggy fake fur.

McQueen's final fashion show a celebration of life (Reuters)

Reuters - British designer Alexander McQueen's final collection on Monday revealed a feast of colors and textures, celebrating his skill and passion for spectacle just weeks after his suicide.

Chanel muses on global cooling with iceberg show (Reuters)

Reuters - An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven't let that stop them.

Yves Saint Laurent's New Corporate Woman (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - The house of Yves Saint Laurent took a step into a rather new dimension Monday, March 8, in Paris with a collection the label's designer Stefano Pilati said was targeted at women in powerful positions.

Paris waxes retro with Kenzo, Valli collections (AP)

AP - Paris pulsed with retro energy on Monday, as the French capital's fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear shows moved into day six with Giambattista Valli's feather-light display of 1960s elegance and a boho chic '70s collection from Kenzo.

Valli's Walk of Shame Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - If style is grace under pressure, as Ernest Hemingway once defined it, then designer Giambattista Valli surely has it in spades.

Predictable Wins at the 2010 Oscars (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - At this year's 82nd Annual Academy Awards, there were very few surprises.

Retrospective revisits YSL's enduring great themes (AP)

AP - Yves Saint Laurent, the master of couture, has returned less than two years after his death in a major retrospective previewed Monday, covering his four decades as a fashion designer whose artistry empowered women.

Celebrities? So last season, say Paris fashionistas (Reuters)
Reuters - Maybe it's the effect of recession, maybe it's simply a case of Hollywood fatigue -- whatever the reason, buyers and designers at Paris fashion week are declaring the end of the celebrity cult.

Jean Paul Gaultier's World Tour (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Guests got a tour of the world without moving from their seats at the latest Jean Paul Gaultier runway show, where the designer raced through a score of ethnic cultures in his latest fashion potpourri.

Viktor & Rolf Dressing Up in Public (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Often the simplest of ideas are the most effective in fashion, which was very much the case with the latest runway show, or work or performance art, by Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf.

Lanvin's African Magic (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - With voodoo drums and congas on the soundtrack, Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz took this fashion house on a tour of Africa in a darkly chic fall 2010 collection of clothes on Friday, March 5, in Paris.

Christian Dior - A Night At the Races (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - John Galliano, the Christian Dior creative director, is veritably consistent, but this season with a delightful libertine twist.

Sharon Wauchob: Artily Minimalist Rockers (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - What a difference a night job makes, as you could see from the packed audience in Paris on Thursday, March 4, for the latest collection by Sharon Wauchob.