Fashion & Beauty

PARIS - A hundred years ago, legendary Coco Chanel opened her first boutique in the Normandy seaside town of Deauville. Today, they number 300 and Chanel spans the globe.

PARIS - As the sun set on the great glass ceiling of Paris' Grand Palais Monday, the eyes of the fashion crowd turned on one man: Saint Laurent's Hedi Slimane.

TORONTO - As Target opens for business in Canada, the discount giant's affordable designer lines and apparel offerings are of noted interest to style-savvy consumers — and present a fresh challenge for existing fashion retailers.

PARIS - With hints of last season's sleekness, it-designer Giambattista Valli delivered a layered collection for fall-winter 2013-14 that revisited his signature furbelows.

PARIS - Stella McCartney did some spring cleaning for her fall-winter show in Paris, replacing her old wardrobe standbys with a ready-to-wear collection that was more textural and sculpted than usual.

PARIS - There was a toughness in the air on the Paris catwalks Sunday. But it wasn't just in the black or the more grown-up styles that continued to dominate fall-winter shows. Even designer Clare Waight Keller of normally gamine Chloe felt it.

PARIS - Chloe makes ready-to-wear and doesn't pretend otherwise. This honest attitude was on full display in Clare Waight Keller's fall-winter 2013-14 collection in Paris of 41 highly wearable looks.

PARIS - After last season's slouchy-chic, Celine's Phoebe Philo upped the elegance in fall-winter 2013-14 to deliver a beautiful play of lines, but one that lost none of her soft touch.

PARIS - Kenzo travelled to India for Sunday's delightful fall-winter 2013-14 homage to Asian temples.

PARIS - It's going to be a black and white Christmas this winter, judging by the lack of colour on the Paris catwalk Saturday.