Topic: Fashion Design
PARIS (Reuters) - With faux feathers and cascades of ruffles, Alexander McQueen brought fantasy and femininity to the runway on Tuesday, while still hewing to the fashion label's edgy, dark side for spring.Creative Director Sarah Burton presented a show-stopper in the best ...
Yves Saint Laurent sent out a cascade of colourful silk and organza, in the vivid hues beloved of its founder, as the French house showcased its look for next summer in a Paris mansion on Monday night.Trademark black and white held pride ...
Manish Arora's own label look for next spring featured eagle-feather collars, fluo stilettos and shiny silver body armour, but as style director for Paco Rabanne, the Indian designer says he still has some surprises in store.The New Delhi designer on Tuesday unveils ...
Sonia Rykiel's woman stepped out in soft silk pleats in a palette of yellows from the palest lemon sorbet to rich ochre, as the house showcased its Spring-Summer look for next year on Saturday.Pretty 1940s curls, parted and pinned to one side, ...
The Sonia Rykiel fashion house Friday announced that Scottish designer April Crichton is to take over as style director for its ready-to-wear lines, a day before showcasing its new Spring look in Paris.Crichton, who trained at London's Central Saint Martin's School of ...
Cloche hats and tweedy black and white prints by day, sensual organza at night, Christian Dior, the world's most talked-about fashion house since the fall of John Galliano, played it safe Friday in Paris.Backstage, Dior Couture's chief executive Sidney Toledano quashed speculation ...
British designer Hussein Chalayan played the liveried waiter at his own Paris fashion week show on Friday, handing out champagne glasses to models in a mock art-gallery setting.Young girls took turns staring at a giant lit screen, pretend-sipping from their glasses -- ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Dior remained tight-lipped on Friday about the search to replace John Galliano despite the growing clamor of critics who dismissed the French fashion label's second show since it fired its chief designer as a programmatic repeat of past styles.Dior ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Balenciaga on Thursday proved yet again that Paris remained one of the world's most experimental fashion capitals despite efforts by rivals Milan, New York and London to upstage it.Fashion knows no taboo and for Balenciaga it is all about ...
MILAN (Reuters) - Fashion designers poured gold onto the Milan catwalks this week with collections rich in metallic finishes and designed to appeal to buyers who are keeping the luxury industry afloat in austere times.Luxury goods firms at Milan fashion week were ...