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Versace’s Strobe Light Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily – Just when everyone in Milan has gone retro and back to their Italian craftsman origins, along comes Donatella Versace and takes us into the future.
Fashion house Versace to launch luxury cellphone (Reuters)
Reuters – Italian fashion house Versace will launch its first luxury cellphone, entering a blooming sector for designer brands.
Milan menswear plays up comfort, understated chic (Reuters)
Reuters – Designers at Milan menswear fashion week opted for comfortable and practical chic for next winter, preferring to tread a sensible path away from sharp suits and flash to woo buyers hit by the credit crunch.
Italian menswear fights glum economy with classics (AP)
AP – The menswear fashion industry, teetering on the economic tightrope, has rigged an age-old safety net with its return to casual chic.
Top 20 Concert Tours (AP)
AP – The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
Judge: Gun stays as evidence in Ja Rule’s NYC case (AP)
AP – Rapper Ja Rule lost a bid Wednesday to keep a loaded gun found in his luxury car from being used against him in a weapons-possession case.
Rapper Mystikal released from prison after 6 years (Reuters)
Reuters – After serving a six-year prison term for sexual battery and extortion, New Orleans rapper Mystikal was released from jail last week.
Spoon Leaves ‘Ga Ga’ Behind with ‘Transference’ (AP)
AP – Spoon, “Transference” (Merge)
Charlie Daniels suffers mild stroke in Colorado (AP)
AP – Fiddler-guitarist Charlie Daniels said he suffered a mild stroke while snowmobiling in Colorado and has some stiffness and numbness in his left hand and arm.
Rock band Vampire Weekend leads U.S. album chart (Reuters)
Reuters – New York band Vampire Weekend replaced pop singer Ke$ha at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, while Susan Boyle was poised for a possible return to the top spot next week.
