It is widely known that France has been one of the world leaders of the fashion industry for centuries. It is a French cultural quirk that almost everyone in France is interested in fashion, and most men and women spend a large amount of their free time and income on clothes.

The first fashion week was held in 1943 in New York. Due to the Nazi occupation of France, members of fashion industry were unable to travel to France to showcase their designs and review the designs of others. Paris fashion week made its mark in early 1970,s and became one of the first major global fashion event. Paris Fashion Week began in 1973 at Versailles Palace, the one-time home of Louis XIV and many other French royals.

The official French name for Paris Fashion Week is Semaine des Createurs du Mode and, in accordance with its slightly pretentious name, current fashion weeks take place in Carrousel du Louvre. Normally, about 100 shows in total span the city, ranging from the top fashion houses to lesser-known names.  One of the "Big 4", Paris Fashion Week has the honor of hosting the finale of every bi-annual fashion fest that takes place in the city. Along with New York, London and Milan, Paris Fashion Week is the culmination of weeks and weeks of work for the exhibiting designers and only the beginning of the work for all the editors and journalists who will write about it.

 Paris Fashion Week has the objective to show the fashion industry what's in the season and what is definitely out. Hundreds of fashion editors, assistants, stylists, models and the general cool crowd descend on the French capital to see what they'll be wearing the next year.  Paris's cultural diversity as a city is often highlighted by the fashion weeks as designers from all over the world choose Paris as the city to host their shows.