Topic: Fashion Design

Paris fashion week opens in black and white

Paris Fashion Week got off to a black-and-white start on Tuesday as a duo of Asian designers sent out Spring-Summer looks for 2012 that played on monochrome in both setting and style.The global fashion pack descended on a Paris basking in gorgeous ...

Paris fashion week strutting under cloudy economy

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Tuesday under a cloud of economic pessimism mixed with uncertainty about the creative direction of some of the world's biggest fashion brands including Dior, Louis Vuitton, Celine and Yves Saint Laurent.After New York, ...

Stars come out for Cavalli at decadent Milan show

Italian designer Roberto Cavalli cast an air of elegant decadence at his Milan Fashion Week show on Monday with stars including French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and US rocker Courtney Love in attendance.Models swept past in silk tulle dresses decorated with delicate hints ...

Nepal fashionistas woo the West

While the eyes of the style world were on London's autumn fashion week, another couture event was taking place on the other side of the world -- in the Himalayas.At Nepal Fashion Week the models sashayed down the catwalk in a mix ...

Milan fashion cuts its cloth to fit recession

MILAN (Reuters) - Milan fashion houses hope emerging markets will allow the luxury industry to ride out any new recession.Executives at Milan fashion week were happy to talk about the prospects for growth this year but were coy about 2012 in the ...

Bottega Veneta goes eclectic for Milan show

Bottega Veneta showed off an eclectic spring/summer 2012 collection at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday featuring a riot of textures and lush colours that left observers spellbound."This season we wanted to make clothes with a sense of freedom and high spirits," said ...

Emporio Armani glitters at Milan Fashion Week

Glittery dresses and boater hats were the highlights of an Emporio Armani spring/summer 2012 collection dominated by black-and-white alternations shown off at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday.Armani said the designs -- many of them interpretations of menswear with blazers and trouser suits ...

Discounters not hurting high fashion: Prada

Cut-price retailers are helping, not hurting, the high-end fashion business, says Patrizio Bertelli, owner and chairman of Italy's hip Prada brand."People say Zara and H&M are a detriment to luxury. For me, Zara and H&M have fueled luxury," the husband of designer ...

1940s classics inspire Fendi's Lagerfeld in Milan

Fendi's models emerged into a black hangar at Milan Fashion Week on Thursday dressed like characters from an Italian neo-realist film with black and white stripes, knee-length skirts and aprons.The 1940s -- at least for Fendi director Karl Lagerfeld -- are back.The ...

Grab a "swacket" and check your fashion terminology

LONDON (Reuters) - The fashion industry has been dressing up more than just catwalk models in New York, London and Milan this month, as its flamboyant use of language is flummoxing ordinary British shoppers, a major British retailer said.Even personal shoppers need ...