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Let the plastic catwalk cover unfurl! Montreal Fashion Week kicks off Monday, with an interesting contingent of new and established designers.

As Montreal Fashion Week gets underway Monday, local designing vedette Marie Saint Pierre gives a preview of what's in store for her 2012 fall/winter line. (John Kenney/The Gazette)

Montreal retailers suffer slumping sales in face of competition, sluggish economy. Here’s how Le Château, Reitmans and Bedo tackle the challenges.

Paris shows for spring and summer this week as Chanel maestro Karl Lagerfeld constructed a 250-seat aircraft with a 50-metre runway and fluffy clouds projected overhead on which to present an all-blue collection

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A French court has fined perfume giants including Chanel, Christian Dior and L'Oreal a total of 40 million euros ($53 million) for colluding to keep prices high.

Jean Paul Gaultier delivered an ode to Amy Winehouse at his spring/summer 2012 haute couture show in Paris. The late pop singer's musical spirit and bad girl fashion sense were all over the runway.