Triumph for British fashion at Baftas
Posted by Lucky on Feb 22, 2010
The Baftas turned into a triumph for British fashion designers tonight, with the red carpet becoming an extension of the London catwalk. A buoyant British fashion scene, and a desire to pay red carpet tribute to combined to make the Baftas a near-landslide for British fashion.
who on Tuesday stage their second catwalk show in London since [...]
Sarah Brown, who wore Erdem to open London Fashion Week, is just one of his many high-profile fans. The rising star of British design talks to Roya Nikkhah
Posted by Lucky on Feb 22, 2010
Erdem is so busy putting the finishing touches to a hand-embroidered cashmere-and-silk poncho for tomorrow’s catwalk show that he is oblivious to having missed one of London Fashion Week’s most hotly anticipated moments: what the Prime Minister’s wife would wear to open the biggest event in Britain’s fashion calendar.
When I tell him that, in fact, [...]
Posh Spice calls up the lookalikes as she launches latest New York fashion show
Posted by Lucky on Feb 16, 2010
FASHIONISTAS did a double take as Victoria Beckham unveiled her latest collection in New York.
The waif-like singer turned designer sent her models on to the catwalk wearing her trademark oversized sunglasses and dresses and hairdos straight out of her own back catalogue.
And the former Posh Spice, who famously lives on 800 calories a day, opted [...]
At NY Fashion Week, girls will be boys
Posted by Lucky on Feb 15, 2010
NEW YORK — Fashionable women would do well to raid their boyfriends’ closets come fall, judging from the looks shown Sunday at New York Fashion Week.
Menswear influences were everywhere during the week of previews, from the trendsetting runway of Alexander Wang to the typically ultra-feminine Victoria Beckham, who included trenches in her fall collection, shown [...]
A fashion first for bold Burberry
Posted by Lucky on Feb 10, 2010
Iconic British brand Burberry has revealed that it is set to stage an Avatar-style 3D catwalk show for the first time in fashion history.
While I certainly cannot be bothered to sit through a three-hour epic movie involving bizarre blue creatures, Burberry will easily be able to entice me into the world of 3D animation.
The clothing [...]
Emma Watson turns wild for photoshoot
Posted by Lucky on Feb 5, 2010
Harry Potter movies, Emma Watson showed a wilder side of herself in a recent photoshoot.
The 19-year-old star donned smudged eye make-up and smeared lipstick as she wore a collection of quirky couture in an eight page spread for the new issue of America’s Vs magazine, Daily Mail online reported.
The high fashion shoot features a very [...]
.e.i. announces contest for current and prospective fashion design majors
Posted by Lucky on Jan 30, 2010
Students who wish to add real-world experience to a college degree program in fashion design could win financial assistance and a modeling contract from L.e.i.
The denim brand has announced a competition for girls aged 15 to 21 who wish to further their education and gain insight into the fashion industry.
In collaboration with Teen Vogue and [...]
Helen Mirren wants own fashion line
Posted by Lucky on Jan 29, 2010
Dame Helen Mirren plans to start her own fashion line when she retires from acting.
The British actress – who stars in the new romantic period drama The Last Station where she plays Sofya Tolstoy, the wife of the great Russian writer – says when she gets the chance to do something different from acting she [...]
Miss America contestants hit Fashion Show’s catwalk
Posted by Lucky on Jan 25, 2010
The 2010 Miss America Pageant contestants make an appearance at Fashion Show on Jan. 23, 2010. Miss Nevada Christina Keegan is at center.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Miss America Pageant contestants yesterday walked the runway at Fashion Show on the Strip. Lynn Hackerman Weidner, 1971 Miss New Jersey and a member of the Miss America [...]
SAG Awards 2010 Fashion Flashback: Diane Kruger Channels Michelle Williams in a Mustard Yellow Dress
Posted by Lucky on Jan 25, 2010
Michelle Williams at the 2006 Oscars (left), Diane Kruger at last night’s 2010 SAG Awards (right). Photos: Frazer Harrison, Getty Images | Steve Granitz, WireImage.com
While a mustard colored dress isn’t the first thing most people think of to compliment a bright ketchup-red carpet, sometimes the McDonald’s-themed combo can work.
Case in point: the Vera Wang frock [...]
UPDATE 1-Golden Globe fashion fights gloom of Haiti, rain
Posted by Lucky on Jan 18, 2010
Hollywood’s top actresses wear color to lift spirits
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* Many stars sport yellow, blue red ribbons for Haiti
* Haiti earthquake relief effort big topic on red carpet
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By Sue Zeidler
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 17 (Reuters) – Hollywood’s top actresses strode down the Golden Globe Awards’ red carpet in vibrant gowns on Sunday as [...]
Laughing in the face of fashion
Posted by Lucky on Jan 16, 2010
Tomorrow the Golden Globes will mark the official beginning of the international 2010 fashion year. Unroll the red carpet and unpack your gowns! Bring on the paparazzi and magazine “people” pages!
Yet, in spite of the fact that various (non-fashion) people keep coming up to me and announcing they “feel in their bones [...]
Fashion Pioneer Tory Burch Joins Forces With Design Superstar Justin Giunta
Posted by Lucky on Jan 14, 2010
New York based fashion house founder and director, Tory Burch, announced that Justin Giunta was recently taken on as Design Director of Jewelry for the Tory Burch brand. These two leaders in the fashion industry have a strikingly similar story. Both are tremendous talents in their field, both worked very hard [...]
[Read More]Legally Blonde the Musical
Posted by Lucky on Jan 14, 2010
It is, of course, preposterous: an LA fashion student conquers Harvard law school and becomes a courtroom star. But, for all its absurdity, I found this Broadway musical infinitely more enjoyable than the 2001 Hollywood movie on which it is based.
It is a piece of pure pop-kitsch that, in Jerry Mitchell’s production, [...]
Megan Fox strips for Armani
Posted by Lucky on Jan 14, 2010
The first photos of Hollywood hottie Megan Fox stripping to her underwear for a photo campaign for fashion label Armani have been released.
The Transformers star posed for the series of black and white photos, shot by fashion photographers Marcus Piggott and Mert Alas, in Los Angeles late last year.
The images will start [...]
