Haute couture highlights from Paris, in photos

By The Associated Press
January 28, 2026 | 7:47 PM

Paris opened its Spring/Summer 2026 haute couture season with theatrical runway moments and diverse designer visions.

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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Heat catches Europe’s fashion industry unprepared as models face the sun in fur and wool

By The Associated Press
June 26, 2026 | 10:53 AM

PARIS (AP) — The most coveted accessory at the Paris Fashion Week shows this week was not a bag, a sneaker or a watch. It was an ice pack. As a historic heat wave gripped the French capital, fashion houses fought to keep guests cool with mist machines, chilled towels, parasols and iced Evian on silver platters. It wasn’t enough. Historic venues sweltered, guests were packed in tight, air conditioning was absent or inadequate and water ran short — at one house, organizers weighed serving none at all, having found only plastic bottles to hand out. That mattered because Paris Fashion Week is not a minor cultural event.

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