Fashion, the world over, is washing its dirty linen in public
Posted by Lucky on Mar 6, 2010
Okay, rephrase. International pop singer Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance has turned into something of a sensual trend, with lingerie peeping out of clothes that dominate designer runways at Paris and New York Fashion Weeks. At LFW, Sabyasachi Mukherjee took the first step. Not just at dragging bedroom clothing into public but also venturing into a [...]
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The new cool in Milan fashion
Posted by Lucky on Mar 2, 2010
Milan fashion has always been about overt sexiness. Tight, bright and sparkly. But all that has changed, says Jess Cartner-Morley
Milan fashion week used to be so simple. It did sexy. Molto sexy. Revealing, attention-seeking frocks of the it-does-what-it-says-on-the-tin, hormone-charging variety. Some seasons it was sexy-boho, sometimes it was fierce-sexy, sometimes it was Lolita-sexy, but – [...]
Trudy’s dedicates fashion show to real women with Real Curves
Posted by Lucky on Feb 26, 2010
Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Stella McCartney, Sam Taylor-Wood and Daphne Guinness were among the black-clad mourners to arrive at St Paul’s Church in Knightbridge, west London, to celebrate the life of the man who, his friends said, made “all he touched beautiful”.
His father Ronald was joined by his five children at the service – they [...]
Milan fashion starts with tighter schedule
Posted by Lucky on Feb 25, 2010
Milan kicked off the Italian leg of the international fashion run on Wednesday with a tighter schedule of catwalk shows aimed at meeting the needs of the foreign press but which has ruffled designers’ feathers.
Thousands of journalists and buyers have descended on the Italian fashion capital to see designers such as Giorgio Armani, Prada and [...]
London stays vibrant with young fashion talent
Posted by Lucky on Feb 22, 2010
LONDON — London’s taste for the avant garde makes it vital for young talent and veterans alike, designers and industry watchers said, brushing aside fears the city is being squeezed out by rivals Milan, New York and Paris.
“It is eclectic. The diversity you have in London you just don’t have anywhere else,” Kinder Aggugini, an [...]
Alexander McQueen’s Death Shocks Fashion World
Posted by Lucky on Feb 18, 2010
Shock hit the international fashion world today as news of British designer Alexander McQueen’s apparent suicide circled the globe, the same day fashion week kicked off in New York.
Naomi Campbell, Alexander McQueen, Kate Moss and Annabelle Nielsen attend the American Express Black…
Naomi Campbell, Alexander McQueen, Kate Moss and Annabelle Nielsen attend the American Express Black [...]
McQueen’s legacy uncertain as accounts show fashion house had £32m liabilities
Posted by Lucky on Feb 17, 2010
His dramatic creations dazzled the catwalks for a decade, but the legacy of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen could be decided on the basis of a balance sheet.
An indication of the future of his fashion label will be given this morning — a week after the designer’s apparent suicide — by the French luxury group [...]
New York Fashion Week sombre affair
Posted by Lucky on Feb 15, 2010
New York Fashion Week has kicked off, with Gwen Stefani one of the first designers to show a collection.
The star was debuting her new LAMB clothing line, and brought her 17-month-old son Zuma along for moral support. The tot was dressed in a miniature version of Gwen’s black leather jacket, teamed with jeans and slicked [...]
Winter fashion in 2010 wrapped up
Posted by Lucky on Feb 11, 2010
The forecast for the chilly months ahead is luxe, tactile textures and sophistication, writes Kellie Hush.
We still have a few weeks of summer left, and even then I doubt the mercury is about to drop, but pop into David Jones and Myer, or any other fashion boutique for that matter, and you’d think the leaves [...]
When New York Fashion Met the World
Posted by Lucky on Feb 11, 2010
GEOGRAPHY has always been a convenient form of branding in Manhattan, where Madison Avenue, Broadway and Wall Street are shorthand for career tracks as much as they are addresses.
As the home of New York Fashion Week, Bryant Park is, to much of the world, synonymous with fashion. That is a fitting distinction since its wide-open [...]
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 [...]
Preparing for N.Y.’s fashion week
Posted by Lucky on Feb 10, 2010
NEW YORK — Starting Thursday, New York City will become even more stylish than usual as the Big Apple prepares to open the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
The event is huge in New York. Throughout the events’ eight days, nearly 100,000 people will pass through the famous white tents in Bryant Park. The week alone will bring [...]
The fashion world is catching up with the millions of teenage Avatar fans, as the first fashion 3-D glasses are designed
Posted by Lucky on Feb 10, 2010
The guestlists will be drawn up from an as-yet unrevealed roster of their respective cities’ hippest citizens. In just under a fortnight’s time this priviliged and doubtless really quite skinny group will step beyond the velvet ropes outside these cities’ most fashionable venues, and bear witness to a little moment of fashion history.
From New York [...]
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY
Posted by Lucky on Feb 1, 2010
Sometimes, I just love fashion. It enables someone like me to rub shoulders with the beautiful and the famous.
Take Monday, when I sat behind Kylie Minogue at the Dior couture show in Paris, able to marvel at close quarters at the fact her forehead never once wrinkled in surprise, even when a woman in a [...]
Here comes the 411 on Fashion East!
Posted by Lucky on Jan 30, 2010
Everyone knows London (in terms of fashion at least) is the cabbage patch that all the most talented fashion babies come from, many to grow up and take over the catwalks of Paris, New York and Milan. The reason? Well, the fashion students here have some of the world’s top colleges to choose from (like [...]
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