1.   Altman captures some of this on film -- the weird music, outrageous clothes and some French designers playing themselves.

2.   And for the first time, areas of the midriff came into view, thanks to the cut-outs from French designers Madeleine Vionnet and Alex Gres.

3.   And what would an Ian Schrager production be without a large helping of Philippe Starck, the French designer?

4.   A basic problem received a stylish solution when French designer Jacques Grange provided a convenient compartment for firewood.

5.   A few French designers got the message.

6.   A group of New York women we spoke to bought handbags and accessories by French designer Dominique Picquier.

7.   But French designers pulling from the same references have not been so lucky.

8.   But there are situations that require a lemon reamer by the French industrial designer Philippe Stark.

9.   Do all French designers have issues about their mothers?

10.   Even then, it was almost two years before the French designer, Agnes B., provided him with the funds to make a feature-length film.