Frequent fliers (those who have traveled an average of 17 times over the last two months) have voted, and all 14,500 agree: LAX is a terrible airport. In fact, it's the third most terrible airport in the world, eclipsed only by Charles De Gaulle in Paris and London's Heathrow airport. Rounding out the top five worst airports in the world are Frankfurt International and Miami International. So what makes LAX so bad?

Tis the season for designers to live broadcast their collection presentations. Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Alexander McQueen all did it. Not to mention Norma Kamali and BCBG's Max Azria started selling looks from their SS10 collections immediately after they debuted at New York Fashion Week last month. And now, Roland Mouret -- the revered designer who launched RM in 2007 after a hiatus following a departure from his namesake brand -- is following suit. Twenty-eight cameras will document Mouret's SS10 show, which takes place today in Paris; all of the footage (including that of the runway, backstage, and interviews) will air on recently launched Fashionair.com in exactly one week.

Paris Fashion Week is upon us, along with the infamous parties. Following a full day of runway shows , you'll find the models (and LiLo , of course) lifting their skirts at one of the clubs below. A word to the unbeautiful: you'll have to be B-list or above to make it past the velvet rope this week.

Air France is auctioning seats on their inaugural flights between New York and Paris on the giant Airbus A380. The seats up for grabs are set for November 20 (Paris to New York) and November 21 (New York to Paris). Passengers will fly out on the Airbus and return on another commercial flight. The auction itself will take place on the Air France website, though details on just how this auction will work have not yet been released. Proceeds from the auction will be split between three charities that Air France champions, all of whom help out distressed children.

To me, Paris is as much Pierre Hermé as Hermes, as much Ladurée as Yves Saint Laurent. Like any hot-blooded female, of course a walk down Rue Royale will always set my heart racing at the sight of the full-length jungle floral dresses by Kenzo in their VIIIe arrondissiment window, but truth be told I only linger a moment before the displays before legging it around the corner. Ladurée awaits, and I simply cannot begin Paris without a trip to the macaron counter at my favorite of their opulent tearooms.

You may have heard of Le Fooding, the rad Parisian dining fest coming to New York's PS1 September 25-26. We're pleased to offer advance tickets to BlackBook readers that get you special perks. For $60, enjoy early entry to "Le Clicquot d’Amour" (sponsored by the redoubtable Veuve), which lets you nosh on special preparations from the various world-famous chefs in attendance. Plus you can hobnob with the chefs themselves while swilling free champagne. If you prefer to save now and spend later, you can also buy the regular ticket for $30. For more on Le Fooding, click here and here. And if you're ready to get those tickets, here is where you need to click, mon frere.

Google Maps has moved on from the big intersections and broad avenues in Paris to the tiny pedestrian walkways so that Street View covers all these nooks and crannies. "The idea is to be able to offer 360-degree images of places that were inaccessible before," Google spokesperson Anne-Gabrielle Dauba-Pantanacce said in an interview. The fact that Google wants to conquer all the streets by photo is not really a surprise. However, how they do it is fairly interesting. Ironically, all these photos must be taken "by hand" -- i.e. on a goofy-looking tricycle that sports a long pole in the back.

Resort shows are kind of quirky, no? Usually it's an all-out runway platform for the designer to show off their true colors, perhaps their more playful side. It's a time for motifs to be a little more literal, colors exceptionally vibrant, and no-stops fun to be had. And we're guessing Alber Elbaz didn't have any shortage of that when visiting Hawaii to inspire Lanvin's take on resort, as even the ridiculous gaping faces of the faux first-row lineup posted behind the runway showed the real first row, and those subsequently behind, that they were in for a good time.

Come August 31, Uniqlo will be setting up shop in Paris, but only for a short time. They're installing temporary digs in one of the City of Light's most heavily trafficked boutiques: Colette. The nearly month-long "shop-in-shop will be a microcosm of the planned Paris megastore, offering the label’s basics including its UT Tees line, Japanese denim jeans, plus a one-off collection of 500 cashmere sweaters embroidered with the phrase 'From Tokyo to Colette'," says Women's Wear Daily.

It used to be de rigueur that the beaches of France were filled with topless bathing beauties. It was only the prudes in America that still held on to the archaic idea that breasts should be kept inside a bathing suit at the beach. When the women's revolution swept through Europe, going topless was seen as a statement of owning one's sexuality and body. However, in Christopher Granger's latest book, Corps d’Été, he hypothesizes that the "return to nature" movement is losing steam for a number of reasons. One being that nudity is increasingly sexualized, with an emphasis on perfection, and that the women's movement is now focused on more pressing issues such as equal pay and work-family balance, rather than the rights to flash your tatas. In addition, there's that whole skin cancer argument.