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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Gaudy graphics, packaging, and cheap labels and were the unlikely raw materials in the latest runway show from Balenciaga, one of the most keenly awaited collections in the fashion industry.

In the latest collection from Dries Van Noten, he staged an artistic military maneuver for the first major show of Paris fashion week.

The platinum-selling platinum blond and her own daughter, Lourdes, collaborated on a fashion line for teenage girls that debuts this August