Fashion Wire Daily - This proved to be a great year for Leonardo DiCaprio, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the Oscar nominations yesterday.

Fashion Wire Daily - We never thought of Jean Paul Gaultier, the bad boy of French fashion infamous for his revival of the cod piece and for Madonna's conical bustier, as terribly devout. But the designer found inspiration in religion in the beguiling and exotic haute couture collection he presented Wednesday afternoon in Paris.

Fashion Wire Daily - Pretty much everyone should get the chance to see at least one haute couture show by Christian Lacroix, the brilliant yet exasperating couturier whose skills and imagination are second to none in this most rarefied of professions.

Reuters - How about a golden halo and a nun-like cape for the next cocktail party? A padded kimono for the office? Or a pink dress slit from neck to belly button?

AP - Spain's government has reached an agreement with major fashion designers, including the owner of the Zara chain, to standardize women's clothing sizes with the aim of promoting a healthier image.

Fashion Wire Daily - Is this as pale as it gets?

Reuters - What does a fashion designer do? Make stunning clothes -- among other things.

AP - Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld on Tuesday defied predictions that Paris haute couture will soon die out with a display of feather-light gowns for Chanel destined to lure a new generation of clients.

Fashion Wire Daily - Chanel easily won the star quotient front row this week at the Paris couture shows with grand dames, first ladies, rock royalty and film stars plus Hollywood and rock 'n roll scions sitting down to see a spring 2007 collection staged on a gray, not red, carpet.

Fashion Wire Daily - Puccini would have dug this Christian Dior haute couture collection inspired by Madame Butterfly and packed with femme fatales worthy of a Kenji Mizoguchi tragedy.