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How to set up your own Paris showroom
For our first two seasons we were lucky enough to be with Fashion East. We had rails at the London showrooms, which were managed by the BFC and specifically by Anna Orsini, who really took us under her wing. You come straight out of Saint Martins, you start a brand, and then suddenly you’re on the Eurostar to Paris not really knowing how to do…
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Over 2,000 cultural events to anoint Paris Olympics
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Paris, Mar 12 (EFE).- From urban dance to exhibitions at the Louvre Museum, more than 2,000 cultural events will be held during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris later this year, the organizers have said.…
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Explainer-Olympics-How France plans to use AI to keep Paris 2024 safe
By Juliette Jabkhiro and Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) - France tested Artificial Intelligence-driven video surveillance technology that will be deployed during the Olympic Games at a Depeche Mode concert this week, calling the exercise a success.
French legislation passed in 2023 permits the use of AI video surveillance for a trial period…
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Olympic athletes could face a tough opponent: Brutal Paris heat
March 10, 2024, 7:00 AM EDTBy Evan BushA quiet killer hit the cobblestone streets of Paris in the summer of 2003.Beginning Aug. 4, a massive heat wave settled over France, sending temperatures soaring more than 20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal for nine straight days. When it was over, France had recorded about 15,000 more deaths than would…
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Wild on the Seine: Animal hospital tackles Paris’s wildlife casualties
MAISONS-ALFORT, France — Oxygen pumped through a tube in the intensive care unit, as the hospital director flipped through a medical chart and whispered the details of the intake to keep from disturbing the patient: a hedgehog.Like so many of the creatures that end up here at Faune Alfort, the Paris region’s only hospital that cares for all wild…
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Anger as police clear homeless from tents along banks of Seine
Security forces in Paris have evicted some 400 people living in tents along the River Seine as rising waters threatened to flood its banks. Rights groups say the move is part of a broader attempt to remove homeless and migrant populations ahead of the Olympic Games.
Issued on: 08/03/2024 - 11:27…
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Garbage back to Paris
The American alternative rock group Garbage will perform at the Grand Rex (Paris) on July 6 as part of its next European tour. Places are available.
After five years without a European tour, Garbage announces its return. See you on July 6 for their unique date in France, planned at the Grand Rex, in Paris. Places are available for…
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Meet the young Chinese talents making a splash in Paris
Sign up to receive the Vogue Business newsletter for the latest luxury news and insights, plus exclusive membership discounts.This season, the Paris Fashion Week schedule gave a platform to an unprecedented number of young Chinese female designers. Each vastly different — from provocative to quiet luxury — they represent the range of brands…
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‘Audrey Hepburn in Paris’: The star in the City of Light and on LI
"Paris isn't for changing planes, it's … it's for changing your outlook, for … for throwing open the windows and letting in … letting in la vie en rose."Audrey Hepburn offered those sage words about the City of Light to Humphrey Bogart in the sparkling 1954 comedy "Sabrina," and it's a quote that sums up the actress' real-life love affair with…
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Trial of deadly 2015 high speed train crash opens in Paris
The French national rail operator, SNCF, along with two of its subsidiaries and three rail workers are due to appear at the Paris criminal court at the start of a two month trial for their role in the accident involving a high speed TGV train on a test run in 2014 that left 11 people dead and 42 injured.…
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