Eyméric François

Zuhair Murad

Dupré Santabarbara

DALLAS, Jan 10, 2005/ FW/ --- With 22 shows on the off calendar schedule, the Paris Haute Couture season scheduled from Jan 24 – 26, 2005 ballooned to a total of 40 shows.

Last week, the Fédération Française de la couture, du prêt à porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode released the off calendar schedule that listed mostly emerging designers of the made-to-measure craft.

Headlining the off-calendar listing are Eymeric Francois, Zuhair Murad, Georges Hoebika and Anne Valerie Hash, who have been showing their haute couture collections for the past several seasons.

Fred Sathal DupreSantaBarbara, Georges Chakra, and Khaled also return this season to the haute couture catwalk.