Topic: Clothing
Before anyone gets the wrong idea, Ines de la Fressange would like to point out that you cannot just spend your way into becoming a Parisian."I do think it's a state of mind," says the original French supermodel turned designer and fashion ...
It's getting to be springtime in Paris, but for Karl Lagerfeld it was the moment to send a chill of autumn through the Grand Palais on Tuesday as he presented a tomboyish Chanel fall-winter collection.In a deliberate contrast from the Parisian garden ...
Dynamic women who know how to enjoy themselves were the opening motif of Milan's Fashion Week and fashionistas waited to see if other designers would seek inspiration from diehard party animals.Fendi swept the catwalks Thursday on the second day of the event ...
Gucci's brightly-coloured birds of prey stalked down the catwalk Wednesday as Milan's Fashion Week got into full swing.Emerald green and teal feathers adorned violet hats worn rakishly over 1970s-style fur stoles in Gucci designer Frida Giannini's autumn-winter creations.The look was accompanied by ...
American designer Ralph Lauren moved away from his characteristic chic sportswear in favor of the luxury of pre-revolutionary China, on the final day of New York Fashion Week's Autumn-Winter 2011 show.Nearly every item presented on Thursday by his 50 models before a ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pleats and plaid, rich colors, longer hemlines, wide-leg trousers and luxurious outerwear are some of the key trends to emerge from New York Fashion Week for fall and winter 2011, buyers and experts say.Many designers showed looser silhouettes, ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Blame the high price of cotton for T-shirts that might feel just a bit scratchier this spring, or pants that seem to stretch out after one washing.As manufacturers tinker with fabrics to limit the use of pricey cotton, ...
Limousine snarl-ups, bodyguards, scuffles in the entrance hall: even at nearly 48 years old, America's hottest designer Marc Jacobs remains everyone's favorite enfant terrible.To unveil his latest collection, he chose the Lexington Armory, far from the more establishment setting of the Lincoln ...
The Orient has long held a fascination for westerners, conjuring up exotic images from historic lands where few travellers ventured before the advent of trains and steamboats.As a child in the 1950s French couturier Christian Lacroix recalls the inscription on a monument ...
Fluidity defined Kris Van Assche's collection for Dior Homme on the penultimate day of the autumn-winter menswear shows in Paris on Saturday, while Kenzo sought inspiration in Sherlock Holmes.Van Assche turned an indoor tennis court into a bourgeois Parisian apartment stripped bare ...