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Spring Closet Cleaning Tips
Spring is just around the corner and it’s time to think “Out with the old, in with the new”. Unless of course, it’s a fabulous staple item such as a classic trench coat. Here are some tips and ideas on how to get started: 1. Go through your casual tops/blouses first. These items are easily [...]
Models form rights group ahead of New York Fashion Week (Reuters)
Reuters – Fashion models in the United States launched a rights group on Monday ahead of New York Fashion Week to seek workplace standards including backstage privacy to stop unauthorized nude photos and a program to provide confidential advice on dealing with sexual harassment.
Men’s underwear getting a little extra attention (AP)
AP – Some things are fashion, and some are necessity. Where do men’s undergarments fall? Increasingly, right in the middle.
Gaultier channels Winehouse, stars shop for Oscars (AP)
AP – The final day of Paris’s spring-summer haute couture week saw Jean Paul Gaultier serve up a cigarettes-and-all homage to late singer Amy Winehouse and Valentino show off the dazzling couture work of seamstresses who toiled for thousands of hours to create a lavish white collection.
Dior shrugs off rumors at Paris Haute Couture show (Reuters)
Reuters – Christian Dior shrugged off talk about who might succeed John Galliano as the fallen star designer’s stand-in enjoyed a well-received Spring/Summer Haute Couture show on Monday and seen roaring sales in spite of the global economic malaise.
Dior impresses and Versace dazzles in couture (AP)
AP – France may have lost an A in its credit rating, but fashion seems to have won it back with a flourishing start to haute couture week — from the A-list celebrities to Dior’s 1950s A-line silhouettes.
Glee’s Lea Michele fills closet with Candie’s (AP)
AP – Lea Michele is moving from a locker to a much bigger closet. She’s the star of the new Candie’s ad campaign, dubbed “Hanging at Home,” shot at a private mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. The images show her poolside, in the kitchen, in a bed with satin sheets and in a walk-in closet, [...]
Gaultier fetes Winehouse, Givenchy goes futuristic (Reuters)
Reuters – Jean Paul Gaultier delivered an ode to Amy Winehouse at his spring/summer 2012 haute couture show in Paris on Wednesday. The late pop singer’s musical spirit and bad girl fashion sense were all over the runway.
Chanel aims sky-high, and Armani courts A-list (AP)
AP – On day two of Paris’s frantic three days of haute couture collections, Chanel took the fashion crowd to the skies and highlights included super-sexy, celebrity-filled Armani Prive.
French brand Courreges takes retro fashion online (Reuters)
Reuters – Courreges, the futuristic fashion brand of the 1960s, is poised to bring its vinyl boots and A-line mini-dresses back into vogue, relaunching the French name online.
