Topic: Clothing

Dress down Friday gets a makeover

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most interesting things to emerge during Fashion Week February 2011 in New York was Bill Cunningham, world-renowned fashionista and photographer of The New York Times, proclaiming: "Dress Down Friday is Dead."Yes, business attire is back!Button-down oxford ...
A more discreet crocodile, now in silk, a touch of leather and plenty of flow: Lacoste has presented its Spring 2012 collection with a focus on women, the first under its new artistic director Felipe Oliveira Baptista.After the show, presented at New ...
Nelson Mandela Foundation's launched a clothing line Wednesday featuring garments marked with "46664", the anti-apartheid hero's prison number, as part of a fundraising campaign to counter HIV.The line, manufactured by South African company Seardel, debuted at a leading Johannesburg store and includes ...

Claudia Schiffer aims to create lasting fashion brand

PARIS (Reuters) - German supermodel Claudia Schiffer launched her first cashmere collection during Haute Couture fashion week in Paris with the hope of creating a lasting brand that she could pass on to her children.The 40-year-old former Chanel muse said she has ...

Drop dead gorgeous: fashion design for deceased

It was when fashion designer Pia Interlandi was preparing her beloved grandfather for his funeral, complete in his best suit and leather shoes, that she realised her calling was in death wear."Doing up his leather shoes...I was just like 'where is he ...

Fashion-forward females add glamour to Wimbledon

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - When the Wimbledon tennis championships got under way at the All England Club in the 1900s, refined-looking competitors wore boater hats, long sleeves, neatly pressed trousers and floor length dressers.While it remains the most traditional tournament, as the ...

Scantily dressed visitors must cover up to see Rikers inmates

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Skimpily dressed visitors at Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, are allowed to see inmates only if they agree to cover up with an oversized, baggy, green t-shirt as part of an updated dress code intended ...
India said on Wednesday it had lodged a complaint with the Australian government over swimwear carrying the image of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi that has sparked protests.India had conveyed "deep concern to the Australian High Commission in New Delhi asking that all ...

Indian court takes up Australia 'goddess' swimwear

A top Indian court has agreed to consider criminal proceedings over an Australian brand of swimwear bearing the image of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi that has sparked angry protests.The Allahabad High Court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh agreed to hear ...

Clothing firms 'sexualise' pre-teen girls: study

Some clothing firms in the United States are marketing sexy garments for pre-teen girls, reinforcing a destructive stereotype of female attractiveness, research released on Monday said.Girls as young as six are being pitched clothing that highlights their breasts, buttocks or slimness or ...