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Princess Diana gowns fetch $1.2 million at auction

By Clare Hutchison LONDON (Reuters) – Ten dresses worn by the late Princess Diana, including a velvet, midnight blue gown she famously danced in with John Travolta at the White House in 1985, fetched more than $1.2 million [...]

Designers at Japan Fashion Week target growing Asian market

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – From a phoenix-themed collection by a Japanese designer who has clothed Lady Gaga to touches of traditional Mongolian decorations, designers showing at Japan Fashion Week set their sights [...]

Lena Dunham Doesn’t Want Playboy to Imagine Her with a Supermodel Body

DEAR ABBY: I have been married 30 years and have raised four children to adulthood. I recently found out my husband has been having an affair with a prostitute from a strip club. He paid all her living expenses and promised to marry her. She [...]

"Psy Style" scores as Gangnam rapper readies new song

By Narae Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – As South Korean rapper Psy readies what he hopes will be his next hit song, aiming for a repeat of the viral “Gangnam Style,” retailers are keeping a close eye on what he wears, [...]

Small labels lure big bucks in fashion’s latest trend

By Astrid Wendlandt PARIS (Reuters) – Christophe Lemaire has spent the past three years designing dresses for Hermes. Now he wants to develop his own brand and ride a wave of investor interest in new labels which have the [...]

Supermodel Miranda Kerr OK after L.A. traffic accident

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – The 2004 winner of Alaska’s famed 1,000-mile sled-dog race, the Iditarod, won again at age 53 on Tuesday to become the oldest champion, a year after his son became the youngest winner. [...]

Fashion Designer Calls Michelle Obama’s Clothing ‘Dreadful’

MANCHESTER, England, March 7 (Reuters) – Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson broke his silence on Friday over this week’s Champions League exit and dismissed media speculation that dropped striker Wayne Rooney’s Old Trafford [...]

Can Bowie turn acclaim and hype into record sales?

LONDON (Reuters) – He caught the music world napping in January with his first new song in a decade and soon had critics searching for superlatives to describe his new album “The Next Day”. The next big question [...]

Moss upstages Vuitton hotel, capping fashion week

PARIS (AP) — On the last day of Paris ready-to-wear shows, if Miuccia Prada was about fun and Elie Saab the familiar, then Louis Vuitton was about Kate Moss. Marc Jacobs, Vuitton’s creative director, delivered a no-expenses-spared production [...]

Supermodel Heidi Klum new judge on NBC’s "America’s Got Talent"

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, March 3 (Reuters) – Tiger Woods struggled to a four-over par 74 in the final round of the Honda Classic on Sunday, ending the week without breaking par once and left saying he need to “clean up” [...]

Spain’s Ortega leaps to rank as world’s third richest man: Forbes

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Spain’s Amancio Ortega, the co-founder of the Inditex fashion group, leapt over Warren Buffett and France’s Bernard Arnault to become the world’s third richest person on Forbes‘ 2013 annual [...]

Simons in confident Christian Dior style evolution

PARIS (AP) — The fourth day of Paris fashion week saw Raf Simons unveil the latest chapter of his journey after nearly a year at the design helm of Christian Dior. Following his acclaimed debut last year, the pressure has been stacked on the [...]

Simons confidently evolves Christian Dior style

PARIS (AP) — The fourth day of Paris fashion week saw Raf Simons unveil the latest chapter of his journey after nearly a year at the design helm of Christian Dior. Following his acclaimed debut last year, the pressure has been stacked on the [...]

Exclusive: BCBG exploring sale, may fetch $1 billion

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fashion house BCBG Max Azria Group Inc, whose clothing has been worn by celebrities such as Beyonce and Angelina Jolie, is exploring a potential sale that could fetch around $1 billion, two people familiar with the [...]

Paris fashion week: Van Noten ode to Fred, Ginger

PARIS (AP) — Dries Van Noten thinks fashion is far too serious. That’s why the fall-winter 2013-14 show saw the Belgian designer explore his usual menswear-womenswear tailoring via the frivolity of ballroom dancing, feathers and the [...]

99 shows, 22 countries: Bonjour Paris fashion week

PARIS (AP) — Bye, New York! Ciao, Milan! And bonjour, Paris. The world’s largest traveling circus of fashion editors, models, buyers and journalists has descended on the French capital, clutching their metro maps and city guides, to [...]

Jennifer Lawrence’s clothes from "Silver Linings" up for auction

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the English FA Cup 5th Round matches on Tuesday 5th Round, replayTuesday, February 26Everton – Oldham Athletic (III) 3-1 (halftime: 2-0) Next Fixtures (GMT): Wednesday, February 27Middlesbrough [...]

Dark looks rule the Milan catwalks for autumn/winter season

MILAN (Reuters) – Fashion designers at Milan fashion week delivered a dark palette and masculine styles for autumn-winter wardrobes in a reflection of Italy‘s bleak economic and political landscape. Giorgio Armani, [...]

Le Moine Tricote opens Paris fashion week

PARIS (AP) — Fall-winter 2013-14 sees bright-eyed designer Alice Lemoine brimming with ideas. First of all, in the unique presentation of her Le Moine Tricote collection via three different mediums in three different rooms: there were edgy [...]

Pale blush, sparkle and gold grace Oscars red carpet

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Ethereal, strapless silhouettes and wavy tresses gave the Oscars red carpet a patina of old Hollywood glamour on Sunday as the year’s top actresses and presenters led the way in blush, grey and black sequined [...]

Pale blush, greys and metallic sparkle grace Oscars red carpet

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Ethereal, strapless silhouettes and wavy tresses gave the Oscars red carpet a patina of old Hollywood glamour on Sunday as the year’s top actresses and presenters led the way in blush, grey and black sequined [...]

Dolce&Gabbana’s new line recalls sacred, profane

MILAN (AP) — “La Dolce Vita” was the name of the game at DolceGabbana, where the fun-loving designing duo recalled the sacred and profane of mundane Italian life, as exposed in director Federico Fellini‘s 1960 movie. The [...]

Milan Fashion Week: Cavalli offers winter glitter

MILAN (AP) — For designer Roberto Cavalli, it was a very quiet and surprisingly elegant show. The master of sexy fashion shuns his trademark animal prints and body-clinging clothes, replacing them with sparkling fabric in high society styles. But [...]

Actresses walking Oscar’s red carpet to exude sophistication, not sex

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When actresses sashay down the red carpet before the Oscars ceremony on Sunday, they are expected to be wearing gowns exuding glamour and sophistication, not flesh-exposing jaw-droppers. Performers [...]

Greenpeace, anti-fur protest confront Milan fashion shows

MILAN (Reuters) – Environmental groups staged colorful demonstrations during the first two days of the Milan fashion week to protest against the use of toxic chemicals and furs in designer garments. Catwalk shows traditionally [...]

Roberto Cavalli revamps youthful line at Milan fashion week

MILAN (Reuters) – Italian glamorous designer Roberto Cavalli on Thursday reinvented prints and shapes to breathe new energy in his youthful line and seduce new generations of globe-trotters. Designers at the Milan fashion [...]

Prada mixes romantic and urban for "raw elegance" in Milan

“All My Children” is adding a heavy hitter to its cast roster for the show’s impending return.Daytime Emmy winner Julia Barr is returning as Brooke English to the soap, The Online Network announced on Friday.

Authorities checking if wreck found is Missoni plane: report

“All My Children” is adding a heavy hitter to its cast roster for the show’s impending return.Daytime Emmy winner Julia Barr is returning as Brooke English to the soap, The Online Network announced on Friday.

Pashmina goats perishing in heavy snow on Indian frontier

Jammu, India, Feb 22 – Thousands of Pashmina goats may have perished in recent heavy snowfall around the nomadic areas of Changthang on the Sino-Indian frontier of the Ladakh region, officials said on Friday. The area is [...]

Italian designers celebrate sartorial craft at Milan shows

MILAN (Reuters) – Italian designers put craftsmanship before reckless glamour at the Milan fashion week, in a bid to defend their tailoring tradition in the face of global competition. Fashion houses PPR’s Bottega Veneta, [...]
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