41.   Madonna said in a video presentation before French designer Agnes B accepted the award for Greenpeace.

42.   Many French designers and firms are upset that their wares are cruising the world on the Internet, making it possible for immediate knock-offs from anywhere.

43.   Montana is one of a shrinking number of French designers who still work in private, one-designer houses.

44.   One fan is Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, a French designer who passionately loves ethnic creativity and natural materials.

45.   Showrooms have been refigured with influences by a French interior designer.

46.   Showrooms have been refigured with influences by famed French interior designer Andree Putnam.

47.   The eccentric French designer draped his runway in red brocade lit up only by the flickering of hundreds of votive candles.

48.   The French designer transplanted Bloch to his Paris runway.

49.   The legendary French designer will continue to create his haute couture clothes.

50.   Whether by French designers or creators from abroad, haute couture is still considered the pinnacle of Paris fashion.