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Milan fashion week opens with hopes of economic comeback

MILAN (Reuters) – Designers kicked off Milan fashion week on Wednesday with bold collections to persuade Italian shoppers that the worst of the economic crisis is over and it is time to hit the stores again. Fashion houses [...]

Timeless suits from London’s Savile Row back in fashion

LONDON (Reuters) – With a blazing fire, leather sofa, and a half-empty bottle of single malt whisky by the door, London bespoke suit-maker Anderson Sheppard feels more like a gentlemen’s club frozen in time than a 21st century luxury [...]

London Fashion Week wraps up five-day run

LONDON (AP) — What’s new for fashion in the coming winter? Consider glamorous animal prints, a touch of punk, polished tailoring, furry collars and lashings of shiny PVC. London Fashion Week wrapped up Tuesday [...]

Haunting haute-couture finishes off London Fashion Week

LONDON (Reuters) – Spectral outfits and chilling winter prints capped off London Fashion Week on Tuesday, as the fashion season baton moves from the British capital to Milan. London, one of the four major international fashion [...]

London Fashion Week wraps up 5-day run

LONDON (AP) — What’s new for fashion in the coming winter? Consider glamorous animal prints, a touch of punk, polished tailoring, furry collars and lashings of shiny PVC. London Fashion Week on Tuesday wrapped up a whirlwind of runway [...]

Graduates from fashion’s "cradle" of talent chase elusive dream

LONDON (Reuters) – As London Fashion Week closes, Britain’s budding designers must tackle the challenge of finding employment in an economy where most recent university graduates are struggling for work and in an industry that is [...]

British supermodel Cara Delevingne rules on fashion catwalks

LONDON (Reuters) – As hundreds of models have strutted down catwalks in New York and London this month for the fall fashion shows, one face has emerged from the crowd — British model Cara Delevingne. At New York Fashion [...]

Tom Ford unveils clothing line in London catwalk debut

LONDON (Reuters) – American designer Tom Ford unveiled his womenswear line to the world on Monday in a lavish London Fashion Week debut that will help seal the city’s credentials as a major international fashion hub. [...]

Tom Ford to unveil womenswear line in London catwalk debut

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hugh Grant announced on Saturday that he had become a father for the second time after Tinglan Hong gave birth to a baby boy. “In answer to some journos (journalists),” the British actor posted on the [...]

London Fashion Week in high gear

LONDON (AP) — London Fashion Week is expecting a very high-profile day, with shows coming from Tom Ford, Burberry and top designers. International buyers have flocked to the shows, as have high numbers of industry bloggers. Ford is mounting [...]

Italian designer Cavalli defies slowdown with new stores

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy‘s fashion house Roberto Cavalli, known for its animal prints and flowing silk dresses, reported a 4 percent rise in revenues to 185 million euros ($247 million) in 2012, helped by the opening of new stores, [...]

Re-wear your clothes, designer Westwood advises Kate Middleton

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Michael Jordan never played against LeBron James but that has not stopped the two from going one-on-one over how to determine greatness on the basketball court. Jordan, widely hailed as the best player of all-time and [...]

Westwood supports Assange on London catwalk

LONDON (Reuters) – British designer Vivienne Westwood showcased more than her fashion designs at London Fashion Week on Sunday by sporting a Julian Assange T-shirt in support of the WikiLeaks founder. British designer Westwood [...]

Bird droppings, bull testicles among pre-Oscar beauty treatments

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood stars wanting to look their best for Tinseltown’s biggest night of the year are being offered beauty treatments ranging from the lavish to plain loony such as $250,000 black diamond nail varnish [...]

Rihanna, Issa light up London Fashion Week

LONDON (AP) — London Fashion Week moved into high international gear Saturday with a debut collection from Barbadian pop diva Rihanna, a Native American-inspired show by Brazilian-born Issa and a host of other eclectic offerings. No one went [...]

Rihanna mixes high street with high fashion at London show

In Beyoncé’s new documentary about Beyoncé co-directed by Beyoncé there’s a shot of her flying in a helicopter checking her iPhone. As we see the real world below, the world of people who don’t get to take those luxurious [...]

Geometric prints, tribal warriors inspire Issa London

LONDON (Reuters) – Brazilian-born designer Daniella Helayel, whose clothes have become a firm favourite of Kate Middleton, sent her models down the catwalk on the second day of London Fashion Week in printed chiffon kaftans, woven jacquards [...]

Designers old and new dazzle at London Fashion Week

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain‘s long-established designers brought classic elegance to the catwalks, while up-and-coming talent packed a punch with fun, youthful styles on the second day of London Fashion Week. One of [...]

London’s glittery fashion week keeps on rolling

LONDON (AP) — London Fashion Week swings into star time with a debut fashion show from pop star Rihanna and other big design names, including Issa and Jasper Conran. Rihanna for River Island is set for Saturday night, followed by an elaborate [...]

London Fashion Week kicks off in monochrome, metallics

LONDON (Reuters) – Monochrome dresses with bold bursts of color and dashes of feathers and fur kicked off London Fashion Week on Friday as designers showcased elegant and minimalist creations for Autumn/Winter 2013. Blacks, [...]

Marc Jacobs Designs Cans for Diet Coke

Marc Jacobs designs everything from purses to pumps, and now the designer can add Diet Coke cans to his list. The whimsical, limited-edition cans represent female empowerment and feature a different woman from the eighties, nineties and aughts. The [...]

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in London during Fashion Week

LONDON (Reuters) – London‘s Autumn/Winter 2013 Fashion Week runs from February 15 – February 19 and is one of the best times to visit the British capital, abuzz with fresh designs and creativity on and off the catwalk. [...]

London Fashion Week kicks off in monochrome and metallics

LONDON (Reuters) – Monochrome dresses inspired by Italian architecture and mirrored skyscrapers kicked off London Fashion Week on Friday as designers showcased elegant and minimalist creations for Autumn/Winter 2013. British [...]

Tom Ford, Rihanna lead London Fashion Week lineup

LONDON (AP) — Fashionistas don’t do excitement — they’re too cool for that. But even the frostiest fashion editor might be allowed a little smile of anticipation at the lineup for this year’s London Fashion Week. A debut [...]

The Fashion World Has a Serious Discussion About John Galliano and Anti-Semitism

Yesterday everyone was in a tizzy about the fashion designer John Galliano, who may or may not have worn a Hasid-mocking outfit to a recent Fashion Week event. Galliano has said some not so great things about Jewish people in the past, so people [...]

AP Photos: NY Fashion Week’s beautiful blur

NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion Week is a beautiful, strange and infinitely colorful event. For eight days twice a year in New York City, the fashion conscious delve into a glamorous world of wearable art. Using multiple off-camera flashes and long [...]

Ralph Lauren Russian heroine finds her strengths

NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren didn’t just have a muse for the fall collection he debuted on the final day of New York Fashion Week. He had a heroine. The downtown venue of his runway show Thursday was serene and sophisticated, a very [...]

Jacobs’ sepia-filtered show wraps Fashion Week

NEW YORK (AP) — Marc Jacobs does the “show” part of a fashion show as well as he does the “fashion.” He closed New York Fashion Week on Thursday night with an elaborate production centered around a giant harvest moon [...]

NY Fashion Week: tough, tailored, lots of black

NEW YORK (AP) — Influencers finish up New York Fashion Week on Thursday with a taste of what’s to come next fall, their appetite whet by some tough, some tailored and many black looks. But there were flashes of bright colors and earth [...]

NY Fashion Week: tough, tailored, lots of black

NEW YORK (AP) — Influencers finish up New York Fashion Week on Thursday with a taste of what’s to come next fall, their appetite whet by some tough, some tailored and many black looks. But there were flashes of bright colors and earth [...]
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