15 shows, 40 exhibitors at India’s first men’s fashion week
Posted by Administrator on Jul 30, 2009
Designers are queueing up to participate in the first Van Heusen India Men’s Week (VHIMW) here in September that will feature as many as 15 shows and 40 stalls to display fashion wear and accessories under one roof, it was announced here Wednesday.
‘As of now, we haven’t decided on the designers, but all those who [...]
Recession-hit Bangalore youth settle for street fashion
Posted by Administrator on Jul 30, 2009
A visitor taken to colleges across this city will be taken in by the trendy wardrobe of students. A closer look, however, reveals that the fashionable dresses and accessories are not expensive ‘branded’ items. They are picked up from the shops that dot the lanes and by-lanes around the main shopping complexes around the city.
Scores [...]
ALL THE RAGE
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
Bravo’s latest attempt to fill the gaping hole left by the departure of “Project Runway” is “Launch My Line,” a reality series that pairs10 professionals who dream of launching their own clothing lines with 10 established fashion designers, with the teams of two competing for both glory (the winning “professional” gets their [...]
[Read More]Unmasked: the blogging model who rocked the world of fashion
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
An interview with Jenna Sauers, the fashion model who worked anonymously for the feminist website Jezebel
The news came as a revelation to visitors to the feminist website Jezebel. Last year, it had introduced “Tatiana”, a successful model who was going to act as their mole during February 2008’s New York fashion week. [...]
The September Issue: Fashion film of the year
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
US Vogue’s Anna Wintour is a notorious figure in magazines – so does a new documentary about her debunk any myths? Or is it an airbrushed portrait? Fashion Editor Susannah Frankel gives her verdict on ‘The September Issue’
I think what I often see is that people are frightened of fashion so [...]
Looking good and staying in style shouldn’t cost you a bomb
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
Last year, 27-year-old Cindy Lim decided to leave the banking world to become a fashion entrepreneur. Working with a different strategy, Lim first started with an online boutique in the middle of last year and now it has expanded into a stand-alone boutique that offers fashion ideas for women from head-to-toe, [...]
[Read More]Style calendar | Focus on fashion
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
FOCUS ON FASHION
In the Studio at Mansion: Fashion shows from top couture designers and up-and-coming designers plus music by DJs Konflikt and Affect. Includes celebrity hosts and music performances; 11 p.m. Thursday; Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; $15. 305-531-5535 or www.mansionmiami.com.
COME TO ZE BLUE MARTINI & ZE CASBAH
Every [...]
Pamela Anderson coming to Fashion Week
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
Air New Zealand Fashion Week is bringing in the big guns – with actress Pamela Anderson heading to Auckland in September to show her swimwear label.
Organisers of Air New Zealand Fashion Week announced today that Anderson would attend, along with designer Richie Rich, to show their new label Muse on the runway.
The [...]
UPDATE 1-LVMH says Vuitton underlying growth in Q2 below Q1
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
Louis Vuitton Q2 comparable sales below Q1
* Says Korea was weaker in Q2 than Q1
(Adds more details, quotes)
PARIS, July 28 (Reuters) – Fashion brand Louis Vuitton, which contributes more than half of French luxury giant LVMH’s core profits, saw a slight drop in comparable sales in the second quarter from the first, it [...]
The many hues of fashion wear
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
THE Vimonisha Private Collection- Raksha Bandhan Special is a two-day celebration of fashion wear to refresh your wardrobe this season. Traditional Indian wear, Indo-western fusion wear, accessories and jewellery – all this and more will be on display at this season’s Vimonisha Private Collection on 31st July and, 1st August 2009, [...]
[Read More]‘Fashion is…frivolous’
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
Mumbai: Two of them are jewellery designers, one an actor and the fourth a fashionista. Between them, Queenie, Farah Khan Ali, Simone Singh and Kaykasshan Patel have different style sensibilities that cover a wide spectrum of what Mumbai city considers fashionable.
For Queenie, it’s either about going completely casual or glam. “I [...]
Office fashion: Dilbert wears Prada
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
If you think that fashion with all its bling and glamour is meant only for the ramp or Page 3, think again! Take a closer look around you,especially in the cubicle next door.
You will see a 20 something dressed in tight fitting jeans, a loose gauzy top, long dangling earrings, with stilettos, and a king-sized [...]
Get fashionable on budget with ‘fake’ fashion!
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
Sequinned dress by Gucci – Rs 375. Shoes by Jimmy Choo – Rs 899. Quilted clutch, Chanel – Rs 675. This is not the broke fashionista’s dream, this The pattern on a Monisha Jaising
is the reality of Delhi’s markets.
The way to be uber-trendy in Delhi, labels et al, is fake designer stuff, which is available [...]
‘Fashion is about wearing the right attitude’
Posted by Administrator on Jul 29, 2009
Ekta Chowdhry, Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2009, speaks her mind on the outfits she plans to don for the Miss Universe pageant, her early Ekta Chowdhry
modelling days and her fashion fundas…
Kolkata connection
This is my first visit to Kolkata. I have admired the beauty of Bengali women as much as the works of Aparna Sen [...]
Designer Isaac Mizrahi is upping the fashion ante on T.V. by teaming with QVC for new show
Posted by Administrator on Jul 28, 2009
Home shopping just got a little more chic.
This December, designer Isaac Mizrahi is set to sell everything from cheesecake to handbags in a new show for QVC called “Isaac Mizrahi Live!”.
Employing his signature high-energy personality, Mizrahi will also take questions from viewers about his personal life in a sort of talk [...]
