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Kardashian robbery casts gray cloud over Paris Fashion Week

Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)
Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer) Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)

PARIS (AP) – The ordeal of Kim Kardashian West – who was left tied up after a $10 million jewel heist in her private Paris residence – dominated talk among editors at Fashion Week. It cast a gray cloud over collections that otherwise were meant to exude joy and creativity.

Here are Monday’s highlights.

KIM KARDASHIAN’S ROBBERY

Some editors raised questions about the security in a city that remains under a state of emergency following a spate of extremist attacks, and others said the heist would discourage celebrities from coming back to Paris in the future.

Then there were those who said that life in the Paris Fashion Week “bubble” would continue as normal.