As fireworks crackle, Beckham plays last home game

Victoria Beckham with her daughter Harper arrives prior to Paris Saint-Germain's French League One soccer match against Brest, at Parc des Princes Stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Paris Saint-Germain hopes to strike a deal with her husband David Beckham in the next two weeks in whi…

As fireworks crackle, Beckham plays last home game

Paris Saint Germain's David Beckham in action during his French League One soccer match against Brest, at Parc des Princes Stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Paris Saint-Germain hopes to strike a deal with David Beckham in the next two weeks in which the former England captain will w…

Man shoots himself in head at Paris school

Families arrive at the school after a man committed suicide at a private Catholic school in central Paris by shooting himself in the head, Thursday, May, 16, 2013. The shooting took place shortly before noon as children were leaving the school premises for the lunch break, according to two p…

Man shoots himself in head at Paris school

A police car parks outside the school after a man committed suicide at a private Catholic school in central Paris by shooting himself in the head, Thursday, May, 16, 2013. The shooting took place shortly before noon as children were leaving the school premises for the lunch break, according …

Man shoots himself in head at Paris school

Paris Police prefect Bernard Boucault, answer reporters after a man committed suicide at a private Catholic school in central Paris by shooting himself in the head, Thursday, May, 16, 2013. The shooting took place shortly before noon as children were leaving the school premises for the lunch…

Man shoots himself in head at Paris school

Paris Police prefect Bernard Boucault, center, leaves after a man committed suicide at a private Catholic school in central Paris by shooting himself in the head, Thursday, May, 16, 2013. The shooting took place shortly before noon as children were leaving the school premises for the lunch b…

NYC school cancels workshop by John Galliano

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2010 file photo, fashion designer John Galliano poses at the end of the presentation of the Dior Haute Couture spring/summer 2010 fashion collection in Paris. Parsons The New School of Design in New York City said in a statement Wednesday May 8, 2013 it has canceled a…

Raf Simons

Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons at the end of his Dior ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection in Paris. Simons is the Creative Director at Christian Dior.

Perspective on Fashion Week

Models wear creations from Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons for Dior ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, presented in Paris, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Why Fashion Weeks in New York, Paris and Milan Matter

Models wear creations from Belgian fashion designer Raf Simmons for Dior ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, presented in Paris, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Dior goes mini, in Raf Simons' debut ready-to-wear

Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons accepts applause at the end of his Dior ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2013 collection, presented in Paris.

Dior goes mini, in Raf Simons' debut ready-to-wear

Models wear creations Friday from Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons for Dior's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2013 collection, presented in Paris.

Dior goes mini, in Raf Simons' debut ready-to-wear

A model wears a creation from Belgian fashion designer Raf Simmons for Dior ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, presented in Paris, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Dior goes mini, in Raf Simons' debut ready-to-wear

Designer Raf Simmons collection for Dior's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2013 line is presented Friday in Paris.

Layers make lasting impression on fashion players

A model wears a creation by U.S fashion designer Marc Jacobs for his Louis Vuitton collection, Women's Fall-Winter, ready-to-wear 2013 during Paris Fashion week.

American chefs boost fine dining in France

American chef Marc Grossman stands outside his restaurant Bob's Kitchen, in Paris. French chefs have been opening fine restaurants stateside for eons, but up until about a decade ago, the opposite would have been almost unthinkable. Now, chefs from New York, Chicago and Seattle are behind so…

1950s Hollywood style appeals to today's starlets

This Oct. 5, 2011, file photo shows models wearing creations by Italian fashion designer Miuccia Prada for Miu Miu's spring-summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris. Miuccia Prada's spring collection revved up its runway with inspiration from vintage cars .

Feathers fly on plumage-covered Gaultier couture

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier runs toward French singer Mylene Farmer at the end of his Fall-Winter 2011-2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, July 6, 2011.

Feathers fly on plumage-covered Gaultier couture

A model wears a creation for the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall-Winter 2011-2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, July 6, 2011.

Feathers fly on plumage-covered Gaultier couture

A model wears a creation for the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall-Winter 2011-2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, July 6, 2011.

Retro ladylike look

A model presents a demure street ensemble Wednesday at the unveiling of French fashion house Rochas' fall-winter ready-to-wear 2012 line in Paris.

Lady Gaga

Lady in Red: Lady Gaga shows off a sheer, bra-baring creation from Thierry Mugler's fall-winter ready-to-wear 2012 collection Wednesday in Paris.

Distillers seek to bring absinthe revival home

Jacques Brinon | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bottles of absinthe are seen at the Combier distillery in Saumur, Loire Valley, France. Combier profited from a recent resurgence in the U.S. of interest in absinthe, a strongly alcoholic drink flavored with wormwood and other plants that once rivaled wi…