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Paris Men’s Fashion Week Pops with Color and Ease

This is Beirut, 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Colors ran wild, and silhouettes softened at Paris Men's Fashion Week, which ends Sunday, as designers brought a rare breath of fresh air to a gloomy fashion climate. Despite the heavy news cycle and economic turbulence affecting the luxury sector, this Fashion Week was a "shot of creativity that felt incredibly good", Alice Feillard, men's buying ...

Jonathan Anderson teases Dior debut with Mbappé, Basquiat and Marie Antoinette

This is Beirut, 27/06 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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It’s the most eagerly awaited show of Paris Men’s Fashion Week. And for the last few days, Dior’s new creative director Jonathan Anderson has been dropping clues on social media about the contents of his first collection for the fabled French house. In a virtual version of Hansel and Gretel, the 40-year-old Northern Irishman has been ...

Saint Laurent, Vuitton Light Up Paris Men's Fashion Week

This is Beirut, 25/06 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Saint Laurent and Vuitton opened Paris Men's Fashion Week on Tuesday with collections tinged with retro influences, as the industry reels from the revolving door of creative directors and a diminished appetite for luxury goods. Saint Laurent Returns with Playful Retro Style Saint Laurent kicked things off with a playful spring-summer 2026 ...

Jonathan Anderson Set for Dior Debut at Paris Fashion Week

This is Beirut, 23/06 15:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Men's Fashion Week returns to Paris on Tuesday with heightened anticipation as Jonathan Anderson shows his first creations for Dior and Saint Laurent rejoins the official calendar. Following a flurry of artistic director changes, the spring-summer 2026 menswear season reflects the industry's instability: Milan scaled back its program and London ...

Nine Weeks of Music and Emotion Light Up Paris

This is Beirut, 21/06 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A massive free concert will celebrate World Music Day in Paris this Saturday, with a major highlight: the return of the Olympic cauldron. It will rise into the night sky to the sound of a new version of a classic Daniel Balavoine song, all under sweltering summer temperatures. Forty years after its release, Sauver l’amour—a beloved French ...

Before the Olympic Cauldron, a Balloon in the Tuileries: A Flight Through History

This is Beirut, 20/06 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Before the Olympic cauldron—suspended from a helium balloon 60 meters above the ground—returns this Saturday to the Tuileries Gardens in Paris for the entire summer, the iconic location had already played host to one of the very first hydrogen balloon flights, dating back to 1783. On December 1 of that year, over 200 years ago, scientist ...

How the Seine River Secretly Cools the Louvre and Paris

This is Beirut, 19/06 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As Paris braces for a heatwave this weekend, a little-known network of underground pipes will be cooling the Louvre Museum and other storied landmarks using water from the River Seine. Since 1991, the river water has been cooling more than 800 buildings via a humble but hard-working system that is still relatively underutilized worldwide. Paris ...

“Superfacial”: The Intimate and the World Through Audrey Tautou’s Lens

Marie-Christine Tayah, 16/06 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In this exhibition, Audrey Tautou reveals images of herself and of others, both loved ones and total strangers. The show blends theatrical self-portraits, diary-style snapshots, and letters from fans. Through this, she probes our relationship with fame. What does a famous face really mean? Does it stay the same over time? Does it look different ...

World’s Top Two Clash For French Open Crown as Sabalenka Faces Gauff

This is Beirut, 07/06 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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World number one Aryna Sabalenka targets a French Open title that would "mean the world" in a tantalising final against second-ranked Coco Gauff at Roland Garros on Saturday. It will be the first time the world's top two players have met in a women's Grand Slam final since Caroline Wozniacki defeated Simona Halep to win the 2018 Australian ...

Sinner Sets up Alcaraz French Open Final with Victory Over Djokovic

This is Beirut, 07/06 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Jannik Sinner will face Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open final after ending Novak Djokovic's latest tilt at a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title in the last four on Friday. The world number one held off a battling Djokovic with an impressive 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) win on Court Philippe Chatrier to reach his first Roland Garros final. "It was ...

Sting Brings 'The Last Ship' Musical to Paris in 2026

This is Beirut, 03/06 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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British singer Sting, a rock icon and frontman of The Police, announced he will perform in Paris in February 2026 with his musical The Last Ship, as reported by Le Parisien on Monday. The show is set to run at La Seine Musicale, just outside the French capital, starting February 18. Originally released in 2013 as a concept album, The Last Ship ...

Time Machine: How Carbon Dating Brings the Past Back to Life

This is Beirut, 03/06 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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From unmasking art forgery to uncovering the secrets of the Notre-Dame cathedral, an imposing machine outside Paris can turn back the clock to reveal the truth. It uses a technique called carbon dating, which has "revolutionised archaeology", winning its discoverer a Nobel Prize in 1960, French scientist Lucile Beck said. She spoke to AFP in ...

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