Moore started taking catwalk pictures in 1967, when shows in Paris were more like salon presentations, static and calm.
Designs were prim, ladylike and aimed squarely at the "bon chic, bon genre" demographic, shown to exclusive audiences in small salon presentations.
The club scene is thriving, with an emphasis on new music; early-music groups have added salon presentations to their rich activity in churches; and now significant international events are sprouting in unexpected, intimate locations.
The timing suggests a third possible motive, or at least a happy coincidence: with Christian Dior still hunting for a replacement designer for John Galliano, the Dior shows have been scaled down, from stadium-sized spectacles to in-house salon presentations seating 240 people each time.
He had already published many compositions, and some of them had sold well, but now he began to write, perform and produce musical burlesques as part of his salon presentations.
To judge from the museum's version, the Salon's presentation of Cubism was fantastically fussy.
This salon series presentation includes wine and food, much of it homemade, and breaks for conversation with the artists.
Back in his London headquarters hosting a salon-style presentation, Tom Ford emphasized sportswear.
More compelling is a salon-style presentation of brush-and-ink drawings in the gallery's back room.
Tom Ford, who said during the salon-style presentation that he was "in a floral mood this season," took his silk evening jackets and evening slip-ons to the hothouse, covering them in organic patterns.
