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French home for Kiwi style
An expat Kiwi is opening a shop in Paris dedicated to stocking NZ fashion.
Pastry chef who takes the biscuit
Pierre Herme is to macarons what Heston Blumenthal was to porridge and ice-cream.
The art of beaute
Janetta Mackay test drives a host of beauty products, from Paris with love.
Male order from Paris
Zambesi menswear designer Dayne Johnston takes us inside the fast-paced world of working the Paris fashion collections.
Take two in Paris
A tourist and a resident give their views on the best bits of the City of Love.
Sarkozy flatly denies taking illegal funds
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose poll ratings have slipped to the lowest point in three years, described the allegations as a campaign against him.
Cycling: 'I could have won' - Dean
Kiwi cyclist Julian Dean is rueing what 'might have been' after almost winning a Tour de France stage.
Couture start-ups end week of high fashion
Lady Gaga-inspired monsters and vibrant spring colours take centre stage in Paris.
Haute couture in Paris: Bejewelled skeletons and a mighty lion
Held in rooms at the gilded Place Vendome, Givenchy's haute couture show gave attendees a chance to touch the gowns.
Floating silk gowns amid the celebrity crush
There are few things in this world more glamorous, sophisticated or elegant than the haute couture shows in Paris.
Cycling: Battered Kiwi to continue Tour
New Zealand rider Julian Dean will get back on his bike for tomorrow morning's third stage of the Tour de France.
Cycling: NZ rider caught up in big Tour crash
New Zealand cyclist Julian Dean got caught up in a huge crash on the Tour de France overnight.
Second lines take centre stage ahead of haute couture shows
Vivienne Westwood, Anne Valerie Hash and AF Vandevorst fielded their most commercial lines in Paris yesterday.
Paris: Dead famous
Paris' Pere Lachaise Cemetery is a surprisingly charming part of the City of Love, writes Liz Light.
French ministers resign after spending scandals
Two French junior government ministers resigned Sunday after scandals involving spending state money on a private jet and thousands of Euros worth of cigars - all while France is struggling to bring down its deficit.
Cycling: Armstrong wary of first week of tour
Lance Armstrong acknowledged this year's Tour is one of the toughest ones he'll tackle
FIFA World Cup: Jubilation, despair as first semi finalists found
An historic day for the Dutch and Uruguay left Brazilian fans to wonder what might have been.
FIFA World Cup: Brazil exit in shock loss
The Netherlands stormed into the semi finals by stunning five-time champions Brazil, who were reduced to 10 men in the second half.
Embarrassment for Sarkozy as L'Oreal feud comes to court
France is in thrall at a dispute which has all the incendiary plot-lines of a great TV melodrama.