Chicago designers to outfit Olympic delegation
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
CHICAGO — Fashion designer Maria Pinto has been a favorite of first lady Michelle Obama. President Barack Obama has worn suits from menswear maker Hart Schaffner Marx.
Both Chicago labels have been chosen to dress members of Chicago’s Olympic delegation, along with tiemaker Lee Allison, for outfits debuting at this Friday’s International [...]
Women finally turning back on cheap fashion opting for dearer clothing that lasts longer
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
A move to more upmarket clothing ranges by leading supermarkets has heralded a shift away from throwaway fashion, it is claimed.
Soaring numbers of High Street shoppers are trading up to more expensive items that will last much longer than, for example, a £2 T-shirt.
Data from retail analysts TNS shows that the amount of [...]
Milan fashion week: beautiful cuts at MaxMara
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
It might not scream ‘fashion’, but fashion editors know MaxMara is the go-to label for discreet and desirable basics.
MaxMara is not a cool label. It has never had a star designer, nor any designer that anyone has vaguely heard of, for that matter. Don’t ask who Max is. He doesn’t exist [...]
Milan fashion week: Versace’s bikini wax designs
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On my way into the Versace show, a colleague told me about the heated conversation she’d had her dinner the previous night concerning Brazillians and Hollywoods. Given the context, you won’t be surprised to hear that this was an anatomical rather than a geographical debate — the consensus being that no woman [...]
[Read More]Belas Fashion Week slated for October
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
Luanda – The third edition of Belas Fashion Week will take place on 8-9 October, in one of the areas of the central market of Belas Shopping, located in Talatona, in Luanda, Angop learnt on Tuesday.
According to Marcos Gomes, general manager of the commercial centre there will be set up metallic benches [...]
USA: New Line of Unique Fashion Accessories Offers Affordable Versatility
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
Dallas, TX — A Texas-based design company has launched a new brand, Chamelleon by CJN, and has introduced a
new line of fashion accessories which is aimed at women who are seeking
affordable style. Chamelleon by CJN is inspired by one of nature’s most unique and adaptable creatures, the chameleon.
The first [...]
500 brands & labels to feature at Fashion Arabia
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
Fashion Arabia has gained the patronage of Her Royal Highness Sheikha Shamma bint Zayed Al Nahyan which will ensure that even more of your potential buyers attend the show. Her Highness Sheikha Shamma bint Zayed Al Nahyan is part of the Royal Family that governs the entire United Arab Emirates and [...]
[Read More]Milan Fashion Week: Aquilano e Rimondi, multi-tasking young guns of Italian fashion
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi are the young guns of the Italian fashion scene, designing their own namesake collection, sold at Saks Fifth Avenue and other stores, in addition to designing Gianfranco Ferré.
Their Aquilano Rimondi collection was an Italian Baroque patchwork of painterly floral prints and gilded brocades in rich shades [...]
10 essential fashion pieces to buy now
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
Fall 2009 is at once classic and contemporary, opulent and frugal, ladylike and bohemian. It is a season of simple basics and voluptuous accessories, of cosy knits and structured tailoring, of workaday neutrals and rich, bold colours. It is a season when the “uniform” is back in style, yet individuality has [...]
[Read More]Chicago fashion designers to outfit Olympic delegation to Copenhagen
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) – Three Chicago fashion labels have been chosen to outfit members of the city’s Olympic delegation with the customary official outfits for this Friday’s International Olympic Committee vote in Copenhagen.
Fashion designer Maria Pinto has been a favorite of first lady Michelle Obama. President Barack Obama has worn suits from menswear [...]
Charity auction nets $1.1 million for AIDS
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
MILAN — Crystal-studded boots that Michael Jackson intended to wear on his planned comeback tour fetched euro10,000 ($14,650) at a celebrity fundraiser chaired by his sister, Janet.
The charity event, held on the sidelines of Milan Fashion Week, attracted such fashion luminaries as Donatella Versace and model Linda Evangelista, as well as [...]
Girls Night Out and ICE fashion show on Oct. 8
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
Do good while having fun. That’s the idea behind two Oct. 8 events on Independence Square.
Girls Night Out, which will benefit Cancer Action, begins at 5 p.m. with music, munchies, shopping and raffle items including a silver, gold and diamond bracelet donated by Drenon Jewelry.
In addition to raffle tickets available that night, [...]
The backstage gossip from Milan fashion week
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
So in the end Milan Fashion Week got scrunched into six days — that’s just one more than London and five days fewer than New York and Paris. How did the fashion industry’s most commercially successful city allow this to happen?
We’re glad it did, though. The schedule was packed, but that helped to [...]
The backstage gossip from Milan fashion week
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
So in the end Milan Fashion Week got scrunched into six days — that’s just one more than London and five days fewer than New York and Paris. How did the fashion industry’s most commercially successful city allow this to happen?
We’re glad it did, though. The schedule was packed, but that helped to [...]
Fashion expert Tom Julian partners with Perfectmatch
Posted by Administrator on Sep 30, 2009
Men make conscious decisions all day – what to eat, what to drink, where to take a date – but when faced with the decision of what to wear, many males come up short. This fall season, Tom Julian, noted trend analyst and author of Nordstrom Guide to Men’s Style has partnered [...]
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