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Meet the French designer already working on Christmas wrapping 2024

We go behind the scenes to find out how gift wrap designers predict trends, colours and patterns in advance - just like fashion

Best festivals and events in France October 2020

What's on this month in France? A fashion exhibition, a festival about architecture, a day celebrating nature and more...

Photos: Winning designs of Paris unused space contest

The winners of the second annual Paris competition that calls for architects to design new ways to “reinvent” disused or hidden underground spaces and buildings across the city have been announced.

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Renovating a rural home in France

Author Josephine Ryan explores a renovated rural home and finds plenty of inspiration for antique buys

Steal the style of creatives of Paris

Inès de la Fressange and Marin Montagut open their own and fellow Parisians’ doors to discover interiors chic

Designer Galliano renounces use of real fur

The high fashion designer John Galliano is to no longer use real animal fur in his creations, after being convinced on the issue by animal welfare association PETA.

Tributes to fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy

Hubert de Givenchy, the French fashion designer behind the iconic black dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film Breakfast At Tiffany’s , has died aged 91.

Lille Metropole named Design Capital of the World 2020

Lille Metropole has been named the Design Capital of the World for 2020, becoming the first ever French town to receive the title.

Modistes let fashion go to their heads

Both chapelier (hatter/hatmaker) and modiste (milliner) are métiers d’art , and the differences between them are subtle: the chapelier works primarily with felt, straw and fabric and produces classic hats for both men and women; while the modiste sees hats as art objects and tends to make unique pieces, usually for women.

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Meet the French designer already working on Christmas wrapping 2024

Best festivals and events in France October 2020

Photos: Winning designs of Paris unused space contest

Renovating a rural home in France

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