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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 [...]

For the new pope, it’s all sewn up

ROME (Reuters) – At Gammarelli, a discreet oak-panelled tailor’s shop in central Rome, they are expected to be already creating sumptuous vestments for the new pope – in small, medium and large sizes so whoever is chosen will [...]

Ralph Lauren’s new collection evokes 19th century Russia, France

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wool coats and jackets befitting 19th-century Paris and elegant, hourglass-figured silk gowns suiting imperial Russia filled the fall and winter 2013 Ralph Lauren collection unveiled on Thursday at New York Fashion [...]

NY Fashion Week fades to black on runway and off

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fashion Week is fading to black. Fall previews wrap up Thursday night, with the rescheduled Marc Jacobs show, but there’s been a steady parade of dark clothes straight on through to Wednesday, Day 7. Black is [...]

Model Kloss wouldn’t miss fashion week ‘reunion’

NEW YORK (AP) — Karlie Kloss is a favorite finale model, closing the catwalk again Wednesday at Michael Kors at New York Fashion Week. She did the same the night before, escorting Oscar de la Renta for his bow. It’s these close ties [...]

Androgyny and minimalism to stalk London Fashion Week

LONDON (Reuters) – Leading British designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Kane, Alice Temperley and Burberry‘s Christopher Bailey, will showcase their latest creations alongside emerging young talent when London Fashion [...]

At N.Y. fashion shows, black jacket becomes ‘it’ piece for fall

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The myriad designs parading on the runways of New York Fashion Week converged on one standout style-savvy look for fall and winter 2013: the black jacket. Ubiquitous in the latest collections, the jacket [...]

J. Crew finds its fashion week niche

NEW YORK (AP) — J. Crew‘s seasonal collection at New York Fashion Week is a bit of an anomaly: Most people know J. Crew, and many can afford to buy the clothes. It shows how New York Fashion Week, while staged largely for editors, retailers [...]

At New York fashion shows, black jacket becomes "it" piece for fall

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The myriad designs parading on the runways of New York Fashion Week converged on one standout style-savvy look for fall and winter 2013: the black jacket. Ubiquitous in the latest collections, the jacket [...]

Style rebooting "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"; developing Charlize Theron’s "Glam Squad"

Sure, President Obama spoke for more than an hour during the 2013 State of the Union address about important issues like gun violence, manufacturing, job creation and education, to name a few. But on Twitter some were a little bit more preoccupied with [...]

Friendships bubble up at NY Fashion Week

NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Roy was at Vera Wang‘s NY Fashion Week show Tuesday, in a choice seat next to John Legend. Tory Burch regularly attends the shows of Narciso Rodriguez and Proenza Schouler. Diane von Furstenberg always makes room [...]

Furs, beading, tuxedo jackets feature big in NY fashion shows

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Furs, richly beaded gowns and tuxedo jackets were all over the runways on Tuesday at New York Fashion Week as designers opted for feminine elegance in their fall and winter 2013 collections. Deep V-necks, [...]

Turk brings California roots to NY Fashion Week

NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Tina Turk has an easy answer to the question of what’s she’s doing that’s new at New York Fashion Week: She’s showing at New York Fashion Week. In an interview just before her first presentation [...]

Marc by Marc Jacobs nods to 1960s for a prim fall

NEW YORK (AP) — A blizzard named Nemo and a snafu at customs may have delayed Marc Jacobs‘ fall presentation and pushed up by one day the runway show for his secondary line, but he didn’t need any more time or fuss for Marc by [...]

Thom Browne puts on provocative fashion week show

NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Browne might have caught mainstream attention last month as the designer of Michelle Obama‘s inauguration-day outfit, but no one has to worry that Browne is going mainstream. His runway show at New York Fashion Week [...]

Fashion designer who did Ann Romney outfits dies

BOSTON (AP) — Fashion designer Alfred Fiandaca, known for classic styles including outfits Ann Romney wore during the 2012 presidential campaign, has died. Judy Nee, a family friend speaking Monday night for Fiandaca‘s daughter, Michelle [...]

Donna Karan seems her own muse _ and customer

NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Karan test drove pieces of her fall collection before she sent them down the catwalk at New York Fashion Week on Monday. “I took it last night. I couldn’t wait to wear it,” Karan said in a post-show [...]

Labrador lovers hope for upset at Westminster dog show

NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 2,700 dogs are converging on New York City for the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Monday and Tuesday, including at least 50 Labrador retrievers who can only be hoping for an historic upset. [...]

Carolina Herrera plays with fur at New York Fashion Week

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fur stole the show at Carolina Herrera‘s fashion show on Monday – fur in eye-catching hues and unusual places. Herrera dyed fur a rich green and deep violet in her fall and winter 2013 collection, [...]

Designers take some risks in menswear at New York Fashion Week

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Designers livened up fall and winter 2013 menswear at New York Fashion Week with a few experimental touches in the otherwise staid world of men’s clothing. A bold show came from Duckie Brown, one [...]

Thakoon digs the turf for fall at NY Fashion Week

NEW YORK (AP) — Can you dig the turf? One of the few constants on the catwalk during New York Fashion Week has been the mixing of fabrics and textures on a single garment — sort of like colorblocking 2.0. But no one had gone where Thakoon [...]

Fashion designers go digital to reach broadest audience

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of fashion designers are showing their fall and winter 2013 collections at New York Fashion Week, but not all of them are on the runway. The semi-annual event, which is followed by fashion weeks [...]

Von Furstenberg owns the NY Fashion Week runway

NEW YORK (AP) — Diane von Furstenberg walked the catwalk by herself Sunday at New York Fashion Week — and that’s something she hasn’t done in a long time. The moment was all hers because, unlike in recent seasons when she’s [...]

More coincidence than conspiracy at fashion week

NEW YORK (AP) — During every season of designer previews at New York Fashion Week a few key, quirky items seem to pop up on different runways. They’re not quite trends since one has to think they’re partly for runway effect not [...]
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