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PARIS, Aug 31, 2009 / FW/ — Last Friday, the Chambre Syndicale du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode, France’s fashion governing body released the tentative catwalk schedule for the Spring / Summer 2010 Paris Fashion Week.

And though the dates and names are not all confirmed yet, there are already 86 names on the official calendar, making the upcoming season one of the liveliest that the French capital had seen for several seasons.

Though most countries are still in recession, while among those on the verge recovery, including the U.S. and member counties of the European Union, the signals are mixed, the world economic crisis has not stopped Paris from being STILL the world’s fashion hub.

Below is the schedule as released by the Chambre Syndicale. It is still tentative and SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

WEDNESDAY, September 30, 2009
1000 IMPASSE DE LA DEFENSE Gare de Lyon – Train Bleu- Salle Dorée – place Louis Armand – Paris 12e
1100 CORINNE COBSON To be confirmed
1200 RAJESH PRATAP SINGH To be confirmed
1300 ANNE VALERIE HASH 36 boulevard Bonne Nouvelle – Paris 10e
1400 LIMI FEU To be confirmed
1500 DÉVASTÉE To be confirmed
1600 FELIPE OLIVEIRA BAPTISTA To be confirmed
1700 ROCHAS Musée de l’Homme
1800 GARETH PUGH Palais de Tokyo
1900 PEACHOO+KREJBERG To be confirmed
2000 RUE DU MAIL (by Martine Sitbon) 5 rue du Mail – Paris 2e
2100 FATIMA LOPES Salon des Miroirs – 13 passage Jouffroy – Paris 9e

THURSDAY, October 1, 2009
1000 BALENCIAGA See invitation
1100 LIE SANG BONG To be confirmed
1200 HIROKO KOSHINO Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Soufflot*
1300 MANISH ARORA To be confirmed
1400 SHARON WAUCHOB To be confirmed
1500 BALMAIN To be confirmed
1600 BRUNO PIETERS To be confirmed
1700 RICK OWENS Les Beaux-Arts de Paris – salle Mélpomène – 13 quai Malaquais – Paris 6e
1800 LUTZ To be confirmed
1900 NINA RICCI To be confirmed
2000 AF VANDEVORST To be confirmed
2100 BLESS To be confirmed

FRIDAY, October 2, 2009
1000 ATSURO TAYAMA 7 rue Hérold – Paris 1er
1100 ISSEY MIYAKE Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Le Nôtre
1200 GASPARD YURKIEVICH Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Soufflot*
1300 BERNHARD WILLHELM To be confirmed
1430 CHRISTIAN DIOR Espace Ephémère Tuileries – Jardin des Tuileries – Paris 1er
1530 ISABEL MARANT Couvent des Cordeliers
1630 VIVIENNE WESTWOOD To be confirmed
1730 LANVIN To be confirmed
1830 MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA POPB – salle Marcel Cerdan – porte 28 – 8 boulevard de Bercy – Paris 12e
1930 VÉRONIQUE LEROY To be confirmed
2030 YOHJI YAMAMOTO To be confirmed

SATURDAY, October 3, 2009
0930 JUNYA WATANABE See invitation
1030 HAIDER ACKERMANN Les Beaux-Arts de Paris – salle Mélpomène – 13 quai Malaquais – Paris 6e
1130 TSUMORI CHISATO Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Soufflot*
1230 CHAPURIN Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Le Nôtre*
1330 VIKTOR & ROLF Espace Ephémère Tuileries – Jardin des Tuileries – Paris 1er
1430 MARITHÉ & FRANCOIS GIRBAUD To be confirmed
1530 SOPHIA KOKOSALAKI To be confirmed
1630 ANN DEMEULEMEESTER Couvent des Cordeliers – 15 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine – Paris 6e
1730 COMME DES GARCONS See invitation
1900 JEAN PAUL GAULTIER 325 rue Saint-Martin – Paris 3e
2000 LOEWE To be confirmed

SUNDAY, October 4, 2009
1000 KARL LAGERFELD Espace Ephémère Tuileries – Jardin des Tuileries – Paris 1er
1100 ANDREW GN Les Beaux-Arts de Paris – salle Mélpomène – 13 quai Malaquais – Paris 6e
1200 AKRIS Musée de l’Homme – 17 place du Trocadéro – Paris 16e
1300 EMANUEL UNGARO Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Le Nôtre*
1400 COSTUME NATIONAL Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Soufflot*
1500 HUSSEIN CHALAYAN Couvent des Cordeliers – 15 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine – Paris 6e
1600 DRIES VAN NOTEN To be confirmed
1700 KRIS VAN ASSCHE Garage Turenne
1830 GIVENCHY See invitation
2000 SONIA RYKIEL See invitation

MONDAY, October 5, 2009
1000 STELLA MCCARTNEY Palais de Tokyo – 13 avenue du Président Wilson – Paris 16e
1100 BARBARA BUI Musée de l’Homme
1200 LÉONARD Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Le Nôtre*
1300 GUY LAROCHE Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Soufflot*
1400 GIAMBATTISTA VALLI Espace Ephémère Tuileries – Jardin des Tuileries – Paris 1er
1500 ZUCCA To be confirmed
1600 CELINE To be confirmed
1730 ESTRELLA ARCHS To be confirmed
1900 YVES SAINT LAURENT Palais de Tokyo – 13 avenue du Président Wilson – Paris 16e

TUESDAY, October 6, 2009
1030 CHANEL Grand Palais – avenue du Général Eisenhower – Paris 8e
1130 AGNÈS B. Les Beaux-Arts de Paris – salle Mélpomène – 13 quai Malaquais – Paris 6e
1230 JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Le Nôtre*
1330 ALENA AKHMADULLINA Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Soufflot*
1430 CHLOE Espace Ephémère Tuileries – Jardin des Tuileries – Paris 1er
1530 JUNKO SHIMADA To be confirmed
1630 VALENTINO Halle Freyssinet – 55 boulevard Vincent Auriol – Paris 13e
1730 COMMUUN To be confirmed
1830 VANESSA BRUNO To be confirmed
2000 ALEXANDER MCQUEEN POPB – salle Marcel Cerdan – porte 28 – 8 boulevard de Bercy – Paris 12e

WEDNESDAY, October 7, 2009
0930 RM BY THE DESIGNER ROLAND MOURET Musée de l’Homme – 17 place du Trocadéro – Paris 16e
1030 KENZO Grande Galerie du Palais de Tokyo – 13 avenue du Président Wilson – Paris 16e
1130 WUNDERKIND Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Soufflot*
1230 PAUL & JOE Le Carrousel du Louvre – Salle Le Nôtre*
1330 COLLETTE DINNIGAN To be confirmed
1430 LOUIS VUITTON See invitation
1530 ELIE SAAB Espace Ephémère Tuileries – Jardin des Tuileries – Paris 1er
1630 MIU MIU See invitation
1730 TALBOT RUNHOF To be confirmed
1830 HERMÈS Halle Freyssinet – 55 boulevard Vincent Auriol – Paris 13e
2000 JOHN GALLIANO Halle Freyssinet – 55 boulevard Vincent Auriol – Paris 13e

Thursday, October 8, 2009 – to be confirmed

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