Looking back, moving forward

Paris Fashion Week kicks off with tributes to past giants of French fashion, and a firm eye to the future. Associated Press reports in Paris.

The world's largest traveling circus of fashion editors, models, buyers and journalists has descended on the French capital, clutching their metro maps and city guides to cap the ready-to-wear fashion season.

For fall-winter 2015-16, the dizzying 92 scheduled shows mean the nine-day "week" almost tears at the seams, with events starting early in the day and finishing late at night.