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Models wear creations by BCBG Max Azria during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York on Friday. (Photo by Nicholas Roberts/AFP/Getty Images)
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Designers play it safe as economy sours
PARIS -- Paris Fashion Week ended on Sunday, capping a season which saw designers play it safe to coax customers into stores despite the global financial crisis.

Fashion house Valentino names 2 new designers
PARIS -- Italian fashion house Valentino said on Saturday it had named its in-house accessories designers as joint creative directors of the brand. Outgoing designer Alessandra Facchinetti said she learned about her dismissal from press reports.

Fashion designers shiver as economic crisis hits
PARIS -- In the cutthroat world of fashion, a designer can quickly lose rising star status - a fact that Alessandra Facchinetti knows only too well.

Fashion under fire as crisis deepens
PARIS -- Judging from the glamorous parties and store openings in Paris this week, you would be forgiven for thinking the economy is thriving - prompting some observers to say the fashion industry is fiddling while Rome burns.

Color rules on Paris catwalks
PARIS -- Paris designers whipped up a rainbow burst of colors on Wednesday as an antidote to the economic blues plaguing the luxury industry.

Dancing queens rule at Gaultier's spring show
PARIS -- French designer Jean Paul Gaultier turned his headquarters into a rehearsal studio Tuesday, sending out a dance-inspired spring collection driven by his recent collaboration with a top choreographer.

Paris designers defy economic woes
PARIS -- As retail stocks plunged on Monday, Paris designers came up with antidotes to the economic blues plaguing the luxury industry.

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