Topic: Fashion Shows And Reviews
MILAN (Reuters) - Designers have prepared a marathon of catwalk shows and gala openings to wow shoppers and woo their wallets at a Milan fashion week which starts on Wednesday amid winds of recession.Top brands such as Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Prada and ...
Venerable names like Burberry and such bright new stars as Christopher Kane have dazzled London Fashion Week, giving the so-called poor relation of international shows some high-profile praise.Squeezed awkwardly between the more prestigious New York and Milan fashion shows, London always has ...
Marc Jacobs drew a beautiful and audacious line under a New York Fashion Week that stood out for its optimism and bright yellows and oranges.As he has in the past, Jacobs on Thursday chose the Armory in southern Manhattan rather than the ...
Fashionistas in New York for the spring 2012 shows may be jittery about the possible terror threat in the city, but the designers who unveiled collections displayed nothing but confident joy.Organisers of fashion week in the Big Apple said Friday they were ...
After months of post-election conflict ground their country to a halt, Ivorian designers hit the catwalk in Senegal this week with a burst of colour and a determination to move on.Two designers will showcase their creations at the ninth Dakar Fashion week ...
Designer Beatrice "Bee" Arthur's creations are as eclectic and mixed as her Russian-Ghanaian heritage, and she is proving at the Dakar Fashion Week that African fabric and design can be "funky and fun".The flamboyant 41-year-old has mixed linen with Malian mudcloth, African ...
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - "Green glamour" is returning Berlin's fashion week to the map of trend-setting capitals, just at a time when consumers are turning to all things eco-friendly.Two major "green" shows are exhibiting at this week's Berlin fashion week that ends ...
MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - Underfunded and lacking encouragement, Russia's young designers say they are struggling to break into the country's fashion circles, which are still ruled by Soviet-era big wigs."Fabrics are unavailable, we get minimal material to work with and young designers ...
Draped in sleek evening gowns and frothy wedding dresses, the models at the West Bank's first haute couture fashion show could have been walking at Paris Fashion Week.But the rare presentation was instead staged in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the ...
China's Liu Wen may not yet have the sizzling star power of Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, but she is leading a bevy of Asian beauties down the world's top catwalks -- and onto global billboards.The scramble by Western brands to feature Asian ...